Bloomberg Law
Nov. 22, 2019, 9:50 AM UTC

Trump’s ‘Fifth Avenue’ Lawyer on Familiar Turf at Supreme Court

Jordan S. Rubin
Jordan S. Rubin
Reporter

Donald Trump’s lawyer William Consovoy’s Supreme Court quest to save the president’s financial records from investigation isn’t his first high court foray.

The former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas who asserted last month that Trump couldn’t be investigated while in office even if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue has already argued two Supreme Court cases and filed briefs in others, including one supporting gun rights in a Second Amendment case that the justices will hear on Dec. 2.

Yet the Consovoy McCarthy partner who’s represented Trump in an array of matters faces an uphill battle in trying to ...

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