{"id":2480198,"date":"2025-08-29T06:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-foes-turn-to-longtime-washington-lawyer-abbe-lowell-for-defense\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:41:32","slug":"trump-foes-turn-to-longtime-washington-lawyer-abbe-lowell-for-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-foes-turn-to-longtime-washington-lawyer-abbe-lowell-for-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump foes turn to longtime Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell for defense"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-foes-turn-to-longtime-washington-lawyer-abbe-lowell-for-defense%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=2480198&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--><p>The article summarizes the role of Abbe Lowell, a prominent Washington lawyer known for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >defending high-profile political figures<\/a> across party lines. recently,since launching his own firm,Lowell has taken on several clients who are critics or opponents of former President Donald Trump. His clients include individuals involved in politically contentious cases, such as Hunter Biden, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa cook-whom Trump tried to remove for alleged mortgage fraud-and New york Attorney General Letitia James. Lowell is leading a lawsuit challenging Trump&#8217;s attempt to unlawfully fire Cook, a case with significant implications for presidential authority and the federal reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell&#8217;s legal experience spans representing Democrats and Republicans alike, including figures like jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump during the Mueller investigation, former senator Bob Menendez, and President Bill Clinton during his impeachment. He also represents federal employees and officials dismissed amid Trump&#8217;s efforts to reshape the federal workforce, as well as former Jan. 6 prosecutors targeted for removal.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights Lowell&#8217;s criticism of Trump&#8217;s use of federal power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-white-house-denies-prior-knowledge-of-mar-a-lago-raid\/\" title=\"Lol: White House Denies Prior Knowledge of Mar-a-Lago Raid\">target political adversaries<\/a> and his view that such actions are unprecedented. Lowell emphasizes concerns about the erosion of checks and balances, drawing comparisons to ancient abuses of executive power. The piece positions Lowell as a rising legal figure defending those challenging Trump&#8217;s aggressive political and legal maneuvers. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump foes turn to longtime Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell for defense<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2214644\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Abbe Lowell, a longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington<\/a> litigator who&rsquo;s represented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> facing politically contentious cases, has a new bloc of clients since launching his own firm earlier this year: enemies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell has decades of experience defending high-profile legislators and political figures on both sides of the aisle, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jared Kushner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivanka-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ivanka Trump<\/a>, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/special-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">special counsel<\/a> Robert Mueller&rsquo;s investigation into Russia&rsquo;s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> in his two criminal cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3785412\/democrats-new-deportation-messaging-abolish-ice-backlash\/\">Democrats find new deportation messaging after &lsquo;abolish ICE&rsquo; backlash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3786482\/jd-vance-says-trump-right-expand-national-guard-crackdown-crime\/\">Vance says Trump has &#8216;right&#8217; to expand National Guard crackdown on crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3786416\/trump-orders-investigation-federal-grants-illegal-lobbying\/\">Trump orders investigation of federal grants used for &#8216;illegal&#8217; lobbying<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1170066\/abbe-lowell-the-man-behind-hunter-bidens-aggressive-new-legal-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABBE LOWELL, THE MAN BEHIND HUNTER BIDEN&rsquo;S AGGRESSIVE NEW LEGAL STRATEGY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He has represented both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and former Republican Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, in their corruption trials or investigations. He also&nbsp;defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Having established his own firm in May, Lowell is reaching star status as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-pushes-for-high-profile-defense-attorneys-on-the-citys-dime\/\" title=\"New York City Mayor Eric Adams advocates for top defense attorneys funded by the city\">top defense attorneys<\/a> in Washington for Trump&rsquo;s biggest political adversaries.&nbsp;His most recent client is Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whom Trump is attempting to fire this week over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, with attorney Abbe Lowell, left, leaves after a closed-door deposition on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lowell, on behalf of Cook, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3783022\/federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-firing-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading the lawsuit<\/a> against Trump over the firing, with the case likely to go before the Supreme Court. The outcome will have major implications not only for the future of the central bank and economy but also for how far the president&rsquo;s executive authority extends.<\/p>\n<p>The litigator called Trump&rsquo;s decision to terminate Cook an &ldquo;illegal action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,&rdquo; Lowell said in a statement Thursday. &ldquo;His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lowell is representing other people who have drawn ire from Trump and Republicans, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, who, like Cook, is being investigated for mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Other clients include former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, whom Trump directed his senior administration members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3375530\/trump-doj-investigate-chris-krebs-miles-taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to investigate<\/a> after the president accused him of treason, and longtime Washington attorney Mark Zaid, whose security clearance of over 20 years was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3316191\/trump-runs-defense-deep-state-mark-zaid-clearance-revocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revoked<\/a> by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump campaigned on this,&rdquo; Lowell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RZtnJDLWHtw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on MSNBC in early August when discussing the investigation into James and other investigations. &ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t take him long after getting elected that he created people that would carry this out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said the separation of power between the White House and the Justice Department is &ldquo;supposed to have existed at some level.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s been an attorney general that has been willing to carry out the president&rsquo;s wrongdoing as much as Pam Bondi has since, oh, I&rsquo;d say John Mitchell with President Nixon,&rdquo; Lowell added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney Abbe Lowell arrives at federal court on June 6, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The litigator is also representing victims of the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision to clean house and reduce the federal workforce, a move that has dismantled federal agencies and cut billions in foreign aid. <\/p>\n<p>Lowell has been hired by Mary Comans, a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/power-switch\/2025\/02\/12\/trumps-highly-extraordinary-steps-to-stop-funding-00203856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> for dispersing payments to house migrants that were dictated under the Biden administration, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/08\/us\/david-huerta-union-leader-arrest-la-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> David Huerta<\/a>, the president of the Service Employees International Union of California, who was arrested protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>He is also representing veteran FBI officials who were terminated after immense pressure from the MAGA base and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3457132\/pam-bondi-fires-jan-6-prosecutors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former Jan. 6 prosecutors<\/a>, who have been systematically fired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3302124\/doj-fires-prosecutors-jack-smith-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell&rsquo;s decision to take on Trump&rsquo;s perceived enemies comes at a time when several law firms are seeking favor with the president.&nbsp;Trump has accused many in the legal community of weaponizing the law against him. He has targeted specific law firms in several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3421171\/judge-blocks-executive-order-targeting-jenner-block-law-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive orders<\/a> and asked the Justice Department to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3388899\/trump-perkins-coie-order-justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigate<\/a> and possibly sanction additional firms and groups accused of punishing Trump-aligned lawyers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3783022\/federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-firing-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK FILES LAWSUIT TO STOP &lsquo;ILLEGAL&rsquo; FIRING BY TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lowell appeared on <em>The Contrarian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/contrarian.substack.com\/p\/how-trump-weaponizes-law-with-abbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast<\/a> last week to discuss his representation of both James and Taylor. He said some of the clients he represented were &ldquo;very different&rdquo; cases, but all were spurred by a common denominator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They all stand for the proposition of something completely unprecedented,&rdquo; Lowell told host Jen Rubin. &ldquo;Which is the full power of the federal government being pointed in the direction of &hellip; individual people in the United States who happen to be adverse to this administration&rsquo;s policies or who have criticized them. &hellip; It&rsquo;s extraordinary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump foes seek defense from veteran lawyer Abbe Lowell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2480199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25231655055648.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62216,3634,62217],"class_list":["post-2480198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abbe-lowell","tag-trump","tag-washington-lawyer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25231655055648.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480198","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480202,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480198\/revisions\/2480202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}