Annie Donaldson

Annie Donaldson
Deputy White House Counsel
In office
February 2017 – December 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Personal details
Born
Ann Michelle Donaldson

Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
SpouseBrett Talley
EducationUniversity of Alabama (BA)
Harvard Law School (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Annie Donaldson is an American lawyer. Donaldson joined the White House in February 2017, serving as Deputy Counsel to the President under Donald Trump. She left the position in December 2018.[2] She is currently a partner in Luther Strange & Associates LLC.

Originally from Richmond, Kentucky, she graduated from Model Laboratory School, then attended the University of Alabama. When she graduated, she interned at the White House (during the George W. Bush administration). Donaldson later attended Harvard Law School, where she was a Supreme Court Chair for the Harvard Law Review, and executive editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. She completed her degree in 2011.

Donaldson became the campaign manager for the Massachusetts Republican Party in 2004, and then the senior operations coordinator for the Office of the Governor of Massachusetts from 2005 to 2007 under Mitt Romney. Donaldson then worked as assistant director of operations on Romney's campaign in 2008, then again in 2012 as associate counsel. Her husband, Brett Talley also worked for the Romney campaign in 2012, as a speech writer.[3][unreliable source?] Donaldson became an associate at the law firm Patton Boggs LLP from October 2011 to July 2014, and then an associate at Jones Day until joining the White House as Deputy Counsel to the President in February 2017.[3][unreliable source?][4][non-primary source needed]

Donaldson was interviewed by investigators from the team of special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election.[1][5] With the complete release of the Mueller report, her detailed accounts of everyday life in the Trump White House are providing key supporting evidence in ongoing investigations.[1] The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed documents and her testimony on May 21, 2019.[5] On June 4, 2019, the Trump White House invoked executive privilege, directing Donaldson to not provide any documents related to her employment in the Trump administration.[6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Carol D. Leonnig (May 3, 2019). "Watergate had Nixon tapes, Mueller had Annie Donaldson's notes". www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. ^ "Key Additions to the Office of the White House Counsel". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
  3. ^ a b "Ann Donaldson: 5 Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Annie Donaldson Talley". LinkedIn.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju (21 May 2019). "House panel issues subpoenas for Hope Hicks, Annie Donaldson". CNN.
  6. ^ Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju (4 June 2019). "First on CNN: White House directs Hope Hicks, Annie Donaldson to withhold White House documents from House committee". CNN.