Patrick F. Philbin

Patrick Philbin served as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Trump White House. He played a prominent role in Trump's first impeachment trial, delivering technical legal arguments about House procedures and constitutional interpretation. Philbin argued that accepting information from foreign sources would not necessarily violate campaign finance laws, a controversial claim. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He returned to private practice after the Trump administration.