^ Dawsey, Josh; Leonnig, Carol D.; Wagner, John (March 25, 2018). "In another blow to Trump's efforts to combat Russia probe, diGenova will no longer join legal team".
After Republicans won the U.S. Senate in the 1980 elections, DiGenova was named chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Rules Committee and counsel to the Senate Judiciary, Governmental Affairs, and Select Intelligence committees.
Fox has declined to comment on diGenova’s screed, even as the Anti-Defamation League and Soros’ Open Society Foundation called for the network to remove him from its airwaves.
But what Krebs said, and was threatened for saying, is also the subject of court cases where the campaign, diGenova’s client, is a party,” Gillers said. “Those courts are administering justice.”
Trump campaign attorney Joseph diGenova earned widespread condemnation Monday when he suggested former federal cybersecurity official Chris Krebs should be killed for doubting President Trump’s voter fraud theories — a shocking remark from a former prosecutor and high-profile attorney who has become a vocal, sometimes conspiratorial Trump defender.
Key Facts. Trump claimed diGenova was part of his post-election legal team earlier this month, and although his exact role on the campaign remains unclear, he appeared at a press conference with Rudy Giuliani and other campaign attorneys two weeks ago.
In 2019 they did a combined total of 33 interviews on Fox News, individually or together, using that platform to denounce investigations of Trump and his associates and promote the Biden conspiracy theories. But in late September and early October, diGenova clashed with two veteran Fox personalities over aspects of the Ukraine plot, ...
Republican lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing spent much of 2019 making regular appearances on Fox News to promote a Ukrainian disinformation plot that targeted former Vice President Joe Biden.
First, diGenova used a September 24 Fox News appearance to call Fox senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano a “fool” after Napolitano suggested earlier that day that Trump had committed a crime by soliciting campaign aid in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
But in late September and early October, diGenova clashed with two veteran Fox personalities over aspects of the Ukraine plot, copious reporting revealed diGenova and Toensing had been deeply entwined in its creation, and soon after they vanished from the network.
Neither has appeared on Fox News since diGenova’s October 8 hit on The Ingraham Angle. The day after that interview, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman -- Soviet-born con men who had been working alongside diGenova, Toensing, Giuliani, and conservative columnist John Solomon on the Ukraine disinformation plot -- were arrested by federal law enforcement.
The pro-Trump lawyers have also recently abandoned Fox News’ sister network, Fox Business, where the pair combined for 34 appearances in 2019. Their regular interviews on Lou Dobbs Tonight continued for a few weeks after they stopped appearing on Fox News.
A few days later, Fox anchor Chris Wallace reported that diGenova and Toensing had been “working off the books” with Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, on the effort to dig up dirt on Biden in Ukraine. DiGenova and Toensing responded by denying the report and smearing Wallace, but a raft of subsequent reporting has since revealed their deep ...
The warrant served at Giuliani's properties sought communications between Giuliani and Solomon, Giuliani's lawyer Robert Costello told the Wall Street Journal.
The couple left government at the end of the Reagan administration and, in 1996, formed their law firm diGenova & Toensing, LLP, based in DC. They became frequent cable news commentators, which diGenova has described as a great way to get clients.
Giuliani is reportedly under investigation for his attempt to oust the US ambassador and push the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden in order to help Trump's 2020 campaign. Here's everything you need to know about Toensing, diGenova, and their involvement with Giuliani's scandals.
The two became leading conservative lawyers in the Reagan era. Toensing and diGenova met in 1980 at a Republican rally and quickly became powerful partners in the Reagan-era Justice Department.
After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Toensing and diGenova had another shot in the spotlight. Trump hired Toensing, diGenova, and Giuliani — along with attorneys Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis — to represent him in legal fights attempting to overturn the election results. It didn't go well.
Victoria Toensing was served a search warrant alongside Rudy Giuliani last week. She and her husband and law partner, Joseph diGenova, have been close to Giuliani for decades. They were instrumental in the Ukraine scandal that led to former President Donald Trump's first impeachment. Sign up for our daily newsletter 10 Things in Politics You Need ...
The FBI served a warrant at Toensing and diGenova's home on the same day. The person familiar with the FBI search said prosecutors said Toensing wasn't personally a subject of the investigation; an FBI spokesperson didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
DiGenova, a former U.S. Attorney known for his Fox News appearances and his work with Rudy Giuliani to dig up Ukraine dirt on Joe Biden among other things, was one of several attorneys present in the D.C. lobby of the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Nov. 19. There, Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis led ...
Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Joe diGenova. Trump campaign lawyer Joe diGenova made a “stunning” comment on Monday in which he called for a former Trump administration official’s head. While some have attempted to frame this as troubling hyperbole, legal ethics experts say that it’s in diGenova’s best professional interest to apologize in advance ...
Later on Tuesday, diGenova told the Washington Examiner that he meant “no harm” when he said Krebs should be shot. All of that stuff about Krebs being drawn and quartered and/or shot at dawn was clearly a joke and nothing more than hyperbole, he claimed.
There is no D.C. disciplinary rule that he clearly violated ,” Levin told Law&Crime. “His language was unbecoming of a lawyer but is protected by the First Amendment.”. Others said diGenova should be disbarred—”full stop”—for making “these kinds of threats.”.
Krebs, the former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, already responded to the diGenova remarks on Tuesday morning by saying that he and his lawyers were examining their legal options. “It’s certainly more dangerous language, more dangerous behavior,” Krebs said.
There, Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis led the wild charge against the results of the 2020 election. It didn’t take long for the Trump campaign to distance itself from Powell after her performance. DiGenova, for his part, had Rudy’s back, but he was not the star of that event. He did not speak.
DiGenova , for his part, had Rudy’s back, but he was not the star of that event. He did not speak. DiGenova certainly spoke loud and clear on Monday during a segment on Newsmax’s The Howie Carr Show. DiGenova, introduced as a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, said that Chris Krebs —a cybersecurity official Trump fired for saying ...
Lawyers for Ukrainian oligarch have another client: The columnist who pushed Biden corruption claims. Conservative legal duo Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing represent gas tycoon Dmitry Firtash as well as the writer John Solomon.
Conservative lawyers Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, who this year took on as a client an oligarch at the center of the Ukraine scandal, also represent the conservative columnist who has advanced Trump-friendly claims of corruption in Kyiv.
The story claimed that the Obama administration had directed Ukrainian prosecutors to drop an investigation into a group “co-funded by both the Obama administration and the liberal megadonor George Soros.”. After that email became public, Solomon claimed he was simply fact-checking the piece before it was published.