The group\u2019s host is Norman Eisen, a senior Obama administration official, longtime Trump critic and CNN legal analyst, who has been convening the group since 2022 as Trump\u2019s legal woes ramped up. Eisen was also a key member of the team of lawyers assembled by House Democrats to handle Trump\u2019s first impeachment.<\/p>\n
The regular attendees on Eisen\u2019s call include\u00a0Bill Kristol<\/a>, the longtime conservative commentator, and\u00a0Laurence Tribe<\/a>, the famed liberal constitutional law professor.\u00a0John Dean<\/a>, who was White House counsel under Richard Nixon before pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with Watergate, joins the calls, as does\u00a0George Conway<\/a>, a conservative lawyer and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.\u00a0Andrew Weissmann<\/a>, a longtime federal prosecutor who served as one of the senior prosecutors on Robert Mueller\u2019s Trump-Russia investigation and is now a legal analyst for MSNBC, is another regular on the calls.\u00a0Jeffrey Toobin<\/a>, a pioneer in the field of\u00a0cable news legal analysis<\/a>, is also a member of the crew. The rest of the group includes recognizable names from the worlds of politics, law and media.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/23\/anti-trump-legal-pundits-calls-00153300<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some of the country\u2019s most prominent legal commentators are holding off-the-record sessions to hash out the latest twists and turns in Donald Trump\u2019s legal saga. The group\u2019s host is Norman Eisen, a senior Obama administration official, longtime Trump critic and … Continue reading