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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 1, 2025, 12:40 PM Monday

Meet the man defending Trump's political adversaries

As President Donald Trump continues to order federal firings, investigations, and other sweeping acts of retribution, there is one man you can expect to be at the other end of the faceoff: Abbe Lowell.

The 73-year-old white collar defense and trial attorney has repeatedly appeared in the national spotlight, defending a sizable roster of high-profile Washingtonians on both sides of the isle that range from Trump's perceived enemies to the president's own family and inner circle.

"I have basically challenged the overreach of federal agencies in every administration since Ronald Reagan's. Didn't matter whether it's a Democratic or Republican administration. If the government overreaches, then [the] lawyer's job is to put the government in the right place," Lowell said on MSNBC earlier this month.

But more recently, his focus has homed in on tackling Trump.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/meet-man-defending-trumps-political-100742350.html

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1. For targets of Trump's retribution, this is the lawyer on speed dial
Mon Sep 1, 2025, 03:26 PM
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Abbe Lowell's newest client is Lisa Cook, the Fed board member whom Trump is trying to fire.



https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/27/trump-retribution-lawyer-abbe-lowell-lisa-cook-00529290

Injured in an accident? Call the guy on the billboard. Targeted by the Trump administration? Call Abbe Lowell.

The longtime Washington litigator has spent decades representing senators, governors and lobbyists facing politically sensitive investigations and prosecutions. But since launching his own firm in May, Lowell has a new specialty: defending the targets of Donald Trump’s retribution.

His newest client, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, cements his status as one of the most sought-after defense attorneys in Trump’s Washington. Lowell is preparing to challenge Trump’s purported firing of Cook — a case that has massive implications for the future of the American economy and seems destined to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Cook joins a roster of other Lowell clients who are in the president’s crosshairs, from New York Attorney General Letitia James to former Jan. 6 prosecutors. All are challenging Trump’s unprecedented efforts to stretch his own executive power and harness the tools of government against his perceived enemies.

Lowell, 73, has built a career representing Washington insiders. Over the past two decades, he helped former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and former Gov. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) beat corruption trials or investigations. In the 1990s, he helped defend President Bill Clinton during his impeachment.
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