The Lawfare Podcast

Lawfare Archive: Bob Bauer on Trump and the White House Counsel

Dec 5, 2021

50:22

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Is the Process That You're Describing Going to Be Worth?

03:23

Is the President a More Difficult Client?

03:43

The White House Council

02:37

Introduction

5min

Is the President a More Difficult Client?

4min

Donald Tromp, President of the United States

2min

Is the President Responsible Under the Constitution for That Office?

2min

The White House Council

3min

Do You Really Know What You're Saying?

3min

What's the President's Advice to the White House?

3min

What's the White House Council's Function?

3min

Is the White House Council Operating With Imperfect Information?

3min

10.

The Chief of Staff Is Imperative to the White House Council's Mission

3min

11.

Is the Process That You're Describing Going to Be Worth?

3min

12.

White House Counsels - Is There Any Disagreement?

2min

13.

Are You Being Unfair to a Republican President?

2min

14.

Is the Distinguishment Not Partisanal?

3min

15.

Are the Barriers to Entry Down?

3min

16.

The White House Council's Office

3min

17.

The Law Fair Podcast

2min

From May 27, 2017: Amidst the hurricane of news coming out of the White House in recent weeks, one question has surfaced again and again: why isn't White House Counsel Don McGahn stopping Donald Trump from doing all this? This week on the podcast, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Bob Bauer, former White House Counsel for Barack Obama, to talk about the Office of the White House Counsel and how President Trump can and can't be restrained.

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