NEW: Pat Cipollone, who served as former President Trump’s White House counsel, is expected to testify behind closed doors on Friday with the House Jan. 6 committee, a person familiar with the situation says. -MaddowBlog
soon after, based on what we now know, it was Cipollone who didn’t want Trump to go to the Capitol after his speech at the Ellipse. It was Cipollone who wanted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to intervene with Trump about the rioters. It was Cipollone who lobbied to keep dangerous lies out of Trump’s pre-riot remarks.
There’s no great mystery as to why Jan. 6 investigators want — and believe they need — to talk to this guy. What about attorney-client privilege? The legal dynamic is complex, and there are experts who can speak to this with more authority than I can, but as a matter of professional responsibilities, the White House counsel is not the president’s attorney. The counsel’s office represents the interests of the presidency, not the president.
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