Donald Trump Wants A Lawyer Who Is Good On TV For Impeachment Trial, ‘New York Times’ Report Indicates – By Jonathan Vankin (Inquisitr) / Dec 15 2019
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is reportedly slated to take the job, but Trump is said to worry that he might not look good on TV.
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who has been described by Donald Trump’s own top impeachment team official as “the brightest attorney I have ever worked with in this country,” appears to be in line to stage Trump’s defense in a Senate impeachment trial — if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell allows a trial to take place. But according to reports on Friday, Trump is concerned about handing the job to Cipollone for one specific reason.
According to a New York Times report, Trump worries that Cipollone, a longtime Washington D.C. litigation attorney who also worked in the George H.W. Bush administration, would not look good on television.
Trump was primarily a local New York City tabloid celebrity before rocketing to national fame as the star of an NBC TV reality show, The Apprentice, on which he appeared for 14 seasons from 2004 to 2015. Perhaps, as a result, Trump appears preoccupied with the telegenic qualities — or lack thereof — of his appointees and aides.
During the first two-and-a-half years of his term, Trump “repeatedly hired cable news contributors for key government positions,” according to a Hollywood Reporter study of Trump’s TV-friendly preferences. Even his now-former national security adviser, John Bolton, was reportedly hired because Trump enjoyed his appearances as a paid Fox News contributor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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