Character

Associate White House Counsel

strategic hierarchical ideologically pivotal authoritative supervisory institutional structural

Leo McGarry thrusts the Associate White House Counsel position into Ainsley Hayes's path, framing it as a direct line under his command in the White House hierarchy. Power pulses through this legal role, luring a fierce conservative across enemy lines into Bartlet's orbit. Tension crackles as the offer exposes raw ambition clashing against ideological walls—recruitment not as punishment, but as calculated infusion of outsider steel into the administration's legal core, testing loyalty's breaking point amid guarded stares and deflected barbs.

2 appearances

Associate White …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S2E4 · In This White House

Courting Ainsley: The Offer in Leo's Office

N/A (positional offering)

Associate White House Counsel position presented by Leo as the job offer to Ainsley, detailed with reporting line to Deputy Counsel, White House Counsel, and ultimately Leo himself.

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S2E4 · In This White House

An Offer Over Scotch: Leo Recruits Ainsley

N/A (positional entity)

The Associate White House Counsel position is formally proffered by Leo to Ainsley, detailed with its reporting chain culminating under his authority, transforming the meeting from tension to professional lure.

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Affiliation

Bartlet Administration (Executive Office of the President)