{"id":2008510,"date":"2023-08-22T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appoints-ed-siskel-former-wh-counsel-who-protected-obama-in-benghazi-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:20:56","slug":"biden-appoints-ed-siskel-former-wh-counsel-who-protected-obama-in-benghazi-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appoints-ed-siskel-former-wh-counsel-who-protected-obama-in-benghazi-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden appoints Ed Siskel, ex-WH Counsel who defended Obama in Benghazi inquiry."},"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\">24<\/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-appoints-ed-siskel-former-wh-counsel-who-protected-obama-in-benghazi-probe%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=2008510&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City of\u2063 Chicago\u2019s \u2062Corporation\u2062 Counsel, \u2064Ed Siskel. (AP Photo\/G-Jun Yam, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>3:06 PM \u2013 Monday, August 21, 2023<\/p>\n<p>President Biden has named\u200b Ed Siskel \u200cas his new White \u200cHouse counsel, a \u2062veteran of \u2062the Obama-Biden administration who\u200d defended then-President Obama \u200cduring House Republicans\u2019\u2063 investigations into\u200d Benghazi and Solyndra.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cEd\u200d Siskel\u2019s many years of experience in public service and a career \u2064defending the \u2062rule of law make him the \u200bperfect choice to serve as\u2063 my next White House Counsel,\u201d Biden said in \u200ca statement on Tuesday. \u201cFor\u2063 nearly four years in the White House when I was Vice President, he helped the Counsel\u2019s \u2062Office navigate complex challenges and advance the President\u2019s agenda\u200c on behalf of the\u200c American people, and first\u200d as a federal prosecutor and then as\u2063 the top counsel for one of America\u2019s biggest \u2063and\u200d most vibrant cities, his hometown of \u2063Chicago, Ed has\u2063 shown a deep commitment\u2062 to \u2064public service\u2062 and respect for the law,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Siskel\u2019s new role comes as the president faces\u200b a special counsel investigation into\u2062 his purported mishandling of \u2064classified documents, a special counsel investigation into his son Hunter Biden, and other\u200d additional investigations into him, his son, and the origins\u2064 of COVID-19 by House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Many GOP officials \u200balso called \u2062for Biden\u2019s \u200cimpeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said on Tuesday\u2062 that Biden has chosen Siskel, who rose to the position of deputy counsel during his almost four years in the White House Counsel\u2019s\u2062 Office, to succeed current counsel Stuart Delery, who will \u200cretire in September. <\/p>\n<p>The change in Biden\u2019s top legal counsel comes as Republican-led investigations against the president and the Biden \u2062family continue to \u2062heat up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHis experience\u200b will let him hit the ground running\u200b as \u200ba key \u2063leader\u2063 on my team as we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delta-allows-passengers-banned-over-mask-violations-to-return-to-flights\/\" title=\"Delta Allows Passengers Banned Over Mask Violations To Return To Flights\">continue making progress<\/a> \u200cfor the American people every day,\u201d \u2064Biden maintained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the past, Siskel assisted the Obama administration in navigating congressional investigations and \u201cother political land mines,\u201d such as the solar panel business \u200cSolyndra,\u200b which received government assistance, as well \u200das \u2064the terrorist \u2062assaults \u2064on the \u2064U.S. Consulate complex in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four \u2063Americans, according to the Chicago\u2063 Sun-Times.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Siskel previously managed the implementation and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-news-colorado-stalkers-conviction-vacated-in-true-threats-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court: Colorado stalker's conviction overturned in 'true threats' case.\">subsequent legal challenges<\/a> to the Affordable Care Act, popularly \u2063known as \u201cObamaCare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will reportedly \u201clead a \u2062team serving the President with counsel on legal matters facing the White House and\u200b the country,\u201d as\u2062 well\u2064 as \u200dassist in the development of policies and administrative actions to achieve Biden\u2019s \u2064agenda, according to the \u200cWhite \u2064House.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, Siskel joined Biden\u2019s transition team \u200dbefore becoming deputy counsel. <\/p>\n<p>After Biden\u2019s first counsel, Dana \u2063Remus, left the White \u200bHouse, \u200bhe was then\u200d appointed to \u200cthe top role in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Delery was responsible \u200dfor overseeing the legal foundation of the \u200dInflation \u2062Reduction Act, the president\u2019s \u2063centerpiece environmental legislation,\u200b as well as\u2064 assisting Biden in crafting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appoints-ed-siskel-former-wh-counsel-who-protected-obama-in-benghazi-probe\/\" title=\"Biden appoints Ed Siskel, ex-WH Counsel who defended Obama in Benghazi inquiry.\">failed\u2064 student loan giveaway 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As the new White House counsel, Siskel will bring his knowledge from the Obama-Biden administration, where he successfully defended President Obama against Republican inquiries. 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