Pasquale Anthony "Pat" Cipollone[1] (born May 6, 1966)[2] is an American attorney who served as White House Counsel under President Donald Trump.

[5] Cipollone was a law clerk for Judge Danny Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 1991 to 1992, and served as an assistant to Attorney General William P. Barr from 1992 to 1993.

He laid out a broad view of executive authority and said that Democrats' actions violate "the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent".

He said the White House and Trump would not participate because the planned hearings do not "provide the president with any semblance of a fair process" and the inquiry is "completely baseless".

[20][21] On January 14, 2020, Cipollone was named to the team of attorneys representing President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearing case.

[22] On January 31, 2020, it was reported that Cipollone was present at a May 2019 White House meeting where President Trump directed his national security adviser John Bolton to "extract damaging information on Democrats from Ukrainian officials.

"[24] While Trump pursued schemes to stay in power that led to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Cipollone and members of his team threatened to resign on principle.

On March 31, 2022, Jared Kushner told the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack that he had been aware of Cipollone's objections but that he had dismissed and ignored them as mere "whining".

[citation needed] Carter's ruling also cited "conspiracy to defraud the United States", by circumventing the Electoral Count Act.

[31] On August 2, 2022, Cipollone was subpoenaed by the Justice Department as part of its investigation into the January 6 United States Capitol attack.