Susan Hennessey, the Biden administration’s pick to serve as senior counsel for the National Security Division at the Justice Department, made a name for herself during the Trump years by pushing the infamous Russian-collusion narrative and flaunting her partisan credentials on Twitter and live television.
Hennessey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, executive editor at its Lawfare blog, and a CNN legal analyst, rivals Neera Tanden — who was forced to withdraw from consideration as director of the Office of Management and Budget just a few months ago — for her partisan output. Like Tanden, the arguments, statements, and tweets Hennessey has made in her private roles have caused some to question whether she’s well-suited for a job in government. But, unlike Tanden, Hennesey’s partisanship won’t be put on display during a protracted confirmation process and likely won’t be exposed as she goes about her work in the national-security bureaucracy, far from congressional oversight.
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