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George Conway.
- George Conway, who is the husband of counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, took a jab on Wednesday at President Donald Trump on Twitter.
- The tweet raised eyebrows since Conway's wife is one of Trump's most outspoken, and fiery, defenders.
- But Conway's tweet on Wednesday wasn't the first time he appeared to criticize the president.
Kellyanne Conway is the the counselor to President Donald Trump and one of his most trusted advisers. She regularly defends him in the press and is well-known for her feuds on cable TV.
But her husband, George Conway, raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he responded on Twitter to reports that Trump discussed pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
"This is flabbergasting," Conway said in a tweet while linking to a New York Times story about the matter.
Conway - a lawyer at the New York City based firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz - is a Republican through and through.
In the 1990s, he joined the legal team representing Paula Jones in her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton.
And last year, after making a few other questionable tweets that appeared to criticize Trump, Conway clarified on Twitter that he "still VERY, VERY STRONGLY support[s] POTUS, his Admin, policies.."
But Conway's tweet on Wednesday isn't the only time he's publicly deviated from something Trump has said or done.
Last year, when Trump vented about the striking down of his travel ban, Conway criticized Trump's approach, suggesting that his public grievance would ultimately hurt his case.
In another example earlier this month, Conway seemed to support Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election when he retweeted a couple tweets in which former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie praised Mueller for conducting his investigation with "great integrity."
Trump ramped up attacks against the Russia investigation this month, specifically aiming his frustrations at Mueller's investigative team.
"Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added," Trump tweeted, "does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!"
These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad. https://t.co/zVhcyfm8Hr
- George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017