{"id":2007898,"date":"2023-08-22T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-ed-siskel-as-white-house-counsel-amid-investigations\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:59:13","slug":"biden-names-ed-siskel-as-white-house-counsel-amid-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-ed-siskel-as-white-house-counsel-amid-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden appoints Ed Siskel as White House counsel amidst probes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-names-ed-siskel-as-white-house-counsel-amid-investigations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Joe Biden\u2064 Appoints \u2064Ed\u2064 Siskel as White House&#8217;s\u200d Top Lawyer<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden has chosen \u200dEd\u2062 Siskel to take over as the \u2063White House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-killer-vladimir-putin-will-pay-a-price-for-election-interference\/\" title=\"Biden Says \u2018Killer\u2019 Vladimir Putin \u2018Will Pay A Price\u2019 For Election Interference\">chief legal advisor<\/a>, replacing Stuart\u2064 Delery at the beginning\u200c of\u2063 next month.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u2064emphasized Siskel&#8217;s\u200b impressive career in &#8220;defending the rule of law,&#8221; stating that\u2063 his\u200c experience\u2063 makes him the ideal candidate to \u2063serve \u200bas the next White House \u200dcounsel.\u200d This appointment comes as the president faces scrutiny from\u2064 special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation into his mishandling of classified documents, with\u2062 Biden expected\u2064 to be interviewed. \u2062Additionally,\u200b federal authorities and congressional Republicans are also looking into his son Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>All Eyes on Ron: Pressure Mounts on DeSantis Ahead of First GOP \u2064Debate<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;During my time as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>, Ed Siskel played\u2063 a crucial role in navigating complex challenges and advancing the president&#8217;s agenda\u2063 on behalf of the\u2064 American people,&#8221; Biden said on Tuesday. &#8220;With\u2064 his background as a\u200d federal prosecutor and\u200d his experience\u2062 as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-trial-of-ex-clinton-lawyer-sussmann\/\" title=\"Inside the Trial of Ex-Clinton Lawyer Sussmann\">top counsel<\/a> \u200bfor the \u2063city of Chicago, Ed has demonstrated a \u200cdeep commitment to\u2064 public service \u200dand a strong\u200d respect for\u200c the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His \u200cextensive experience\u200d will allow \u200dhim to hit the ground running as \u2062a key leader \u2064on my team, as we continue\u2063 to make progress for the American people every day,&#8221; the president added.<\/p>\n<p>Siskel, a \u200bgraduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Chicago Law School, previously \u200bserved \u2062as the\u2063 deputy \u2063counsel in the Obama administration. During his time there, he oversaw the administration&#8217;s responses\u200c to congressional oversight, including the\u2062 Solyndra scandal in 2011 and the Benghazi \u200battack in 2012. He\u2062 also played a role in implementing the\u2064 Affordable Care \u200bAct.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u2062 his time\u200c in the Obama White House, Siskel has worked in \u200bprivate practice twice, with\u200b a two-year stint as Chicago&#8217;s corporation\u2062 counsel under former Mayor \u2064Rahm \u200dEmanuel during Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200bimmigration crackdown. Prior to his work\u2064 in the Obama administration, he served as\u200d a senior \u200dcounsel \u2063to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-lifers-seek-injunction-from-spiteful-illinois-law-meant-to-shut-down-pregnancy-centers\/\" title=\"Pro-life advocates seek injunction against Illinois law targeting pregnancy centers.\">deputy attorney \u2063general<\/a>\u200c and associate\u200c deputy attorney general at \u2062the Justice Department. Siskel \u2063also has \u200bexperience as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office in the Northern District of Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Siskel is expected to \u2062lead Biden&#8217;s defense \u2064of his new, more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-ed-siskel-as-white-house-counsel-amid-investigations\/\" title=\"Biden appoints Ed Siskel as White House counsel amidst probes.\">modest federal student loan forgiveness\u2063 program<\/a>, among other important\u200d issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington \u200dExaminer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has chosen Ed Siskel as the new White House counsel, replacing Stuart Delery. Biden praised Siskel&#8217;s commitment to upholding the rule of law, making him the ideal candidate to navigate the challenges posed by special counsel Robert Hur. Siskel will assume his role at the beginning of next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}