Instead, House committees want records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One, as well as the Mazars USA accounting firm. “They’re the face of the Administration before one of our branches of government. George Conway argued Donald Trump should lose his bid before the Supreme Court to keep his tax records secret in his latest provocation of the … He has only argued before the Supreme Court once, winning a unanimous decision on an important but decidedly un-sexy securities law case involving an Australian bank.Now the two men are embroiled in a quiet but fierce competition behind the scenes for one of the most important but least known positions in the Justice Department: Solicitor General. The latest shot from Conway comes as the Supreme Court on Tuesday … Trump sued to block the subpoena to Mazars — on the ground that he’s president. Now, joined by the Justice Department, he is appealing lower court rulings that determined subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives and the Manhattan district attorney to his longtime accounting firm and two banks for years of tax returns, bank records and other financial documents are valid.The president is advancing broad arguments to try to stymie House Democrats. The Supreme Court is now called upon to teach that lesson once again — even if Trump will likely never learn it,' Conway concludes.Last week, Trump called Conway a 'deranged loser' and 'moonface' in a series of tweets after Conway's The ad plays off a famous quote from beloved Republican President Ronald Reagan, stating: 'There's mourning in American. “For a president with a business-oriented perspective who wants to pick someone who will be a Solicitor General for business and economic issues, George Conway would have to be at the top of your list,” he says.More broadly, Conway’s legal expertise could help him fit into the new political landscape being formed under Trump. At least Clinton was being sued personally.
Think of the logic: Not only does the president enjoy a personal constitutional immunity — It doesn’t matter that Trump challenges a criminal inquiry, while Trump complains nonetheless that letting 50 states conduct investigations involving presidents would endanger the presidency, as well as federal supremacy. By signing up you are agreeing to our In the case involving the criminal investigation launched by District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Trump is asserting that while he holds office he cannot even be investigated.His Supreme Court arguments draw on law review articles that will be very familiar to one member of the court. The cases test the limits of presidential power in relation to Congress and state prosecutors.They arose from investigations into Trump’s business dealings, including whether payments made by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal violated the law. In essence: Authorities can’t investigate anything touching his personal affairs — including, ahem, payments to pornographic actresses — because he’s president. “He’s not a flamethrower kind of guy.”While Cooper is an insider of the Washington legal scene, Conway is a New Yorker, currently a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz while also managing things at home with four children as his wife, Kellyanne, assumes a role in the White House.