Kellyanne Conway's husband is frontrunner to head civil division at Justice

[herding cats]

President Trump is reportedly planning to pick top adviser Kellyanne Conway's husband to head the Justice Department's civil division, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

George Conway, husband of Kellyanne Conway, works as a New York GOP lawyer. Conway received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his law degree from Yale. In the 1990s he was on the legal team of some of the women accusers of President Bill Clinton.

Conway is a partner at the firm Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. The Trump administration was previously considering Conway for the role of solicitor general. The role however went to Noel Francisco.

The position as the head of the Justice Department civil division would put Conway at the forefront of defending President Trump's executive order on immigration.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/324508-kellyanne-conways-husband-is-frontrunner-to-head-civil-division

[dchill]

1. Another rancid chunk...

in the conflict of interest stew.

[herding cats]

3. indeed it is.

I've had a deep dislike for George Conway since the Paula Jones incident. Now he's going to be the one defending Trump. It seems ironic in some way.

[dalton99a]

2. Conway was source for Matt Drudge, worked for tobacco company and against right to vote:

http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/george-t-conway-iii-kellyanne-husband-photos-age-net-worth-lawyer-paula-jones-bill-clinton-hillary-drudge-federalist-society/

[herding cats]

4. He's going to fit right into this WH.

Not to mention he's going to have a family member already there. It'll seem just like home to him I'm sure.

[gademocrat7]

5. Another despicable jerk.

He will fit in well with the other evil cabal members.

[question everything]

6. Why should only Jared and Ivanka benefit?

Or Mrs. Turtle?

This is what autocracy does - spread benefits and the rest of us can die in the gutters.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Quid, meet pro quo...