19 Facts About Pat Cipollone

Pasquale Anthony "Pat" Cipollone was born on May 6,1966 and is an American attorney who served as White House Counsel under President Donald Trump.

Pat Cipollone objected to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and played a key role in the January 6 committee hearings, specifically the committee's sixth hearing.

Pat Cipollone spent most of his childhood in the Bronx.

Pat Cipollone graduated as class valedictorian from Fordham University in 1988, with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political philosophy.

Pat Cipollone enrolled at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was managing editor of the University of Chicago Law Review, earning a Juris Doctor in 1991.

Pat Cipollone's clients included President Donald Trump, Radio Ingraham LLC, and Sony Entertainment.

Pat Cipollone was named White House Counsel by President Donald Trump in October 2018.

Pat Cipollone succeeded Don McGahn who left office on October 17,2018.

Pat Cipollone laid out a broad view of executive authority and said that Democrats' actions violate "the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent".

In December 2019, Cipollone wrote two letters in response to an invitation from Jerry Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, for the White House or Trump himself to participate in its hearings.

Pat Cipollone said the White House and Trump would not participate because the planned hearings do not "provide the president with any semblance of a fair process" and the inquiry is "completely baseless".

On January 14,2020, Pat Cipollone was named to the team of attorneys representing President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearing case.

In January 2021, Cipollone was present at a White House meeting where he reportedly argued against a proposal to replace acting attorney general Jeffrey A Rosen with Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Division.

Specifically, Clark wanted to send a letter to Georgia state legislators urging them to void Biden's win in their state, and Pat Cipollone strongly objected to this.

On June 28,2022, former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Pat Cipollone discussed potential criminal legal exposure for Trump's planned rally on January 6.

Pat Cipollone was issued a public subpoena to testify before the committee the day after Hutchinson's testimony.

Pat Cipollone is a Roman Catholic, a founding member of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and a board member of the Catholic Information Center.

Conservative commentator Laura Ingraham credited Pat Cipollone with helping her convert to Catholicism in 2002.

One of Pat Cipollone's daughters worked as a booker for The Ingraham Angle.