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Mark Chenoweth

Mark Chenoweth is president and chief legal officer of the New Civil Liberties Alliance. His legal career includes positions in federal agencies, Congress and the Washington Legal Foundation. He graduated from Yale College and the University of Chicago Law School. He was the first chief of staff to U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo. He previously worked as in-house counsel for Koch Industries and as a regulatory associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. He clerked for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Danny J. Boggs.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Mark Chenoweth on Free Speech, Government Ethics, and Government Transparency, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Mark Chenoweth

Mark Chenoweth

Role at the time: NCLA president and chief legal officer

Mixed or conditional

Response to this claim

Security concerns justify restricting Krenik's in-person access and requiring approved nonphysical communication channels.

“Federal agencies are not personal fiefdoms. NCLA looks forward to getting to the bottom of what happened here. If Acting Chairman Feldman has pursued a personal vendetta to keep someone from lobbying folks at his agency, that is highly improper—indeed, it would be sufficient cause for his removal.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)NCLA announces Krenik's challenge and explains its objectionsStatements by Kara Rollins and Mark Chenoweth
Why we used this label

The subject is the CPSC staff security restriction on Krenik's in-person access and communication. Chenoweth says a personal vendetta to obstruct lobbying would be improper and could justify removal, if investigation establishes it.

Read statementEdward Krenik challenges CPSC's security ban as a violation of his right to petition

Mark Chenoweth

Role at the time: President of the New Civil Liberties Alliance and counsel for Blackburn

Condemned

Statement summary

Chenoweth condemns what he describes as deliberate concealment from the judge in obtaining a nondisclosure order.

“I think that it's intolerable behavior”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Mark Chenoweth criticizes the Smith investigation's nondisclosureFinal Blackburn and Chenoweth paragraphs
Why we used this label

The reference point is the investigators' collection of congressional communications records. Chenoweth condemns what he describes as deliberate concealment from the judge in obtaining a nondisclosure order.

Read statementWere members of Congress's phone records and text messages properly obtained in the Arctic Frost and Jack Smith investigations?

Mark Chenoweth

Role at the time: NCLA president and chief legal officer

Condemned

Statement summary

Chenoweth argues that investigative aims could not justify Smith's methods or appointment.

“ends did not justify the means”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)NCLA statements supporting Blackburn's legal challengeIndividually attributed statements by Blackburn, Harker, Moyna, Cleveland and Chenoweth.
Why we used this label

He rejects the justification for the investigation.

Read statementWere members of Congress's phone records and text messages properly obtained in the Arctic Frost and Jack Smith investigations?

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