Mike Davis

Mike Davis is an American lawyer, conservative political strategist, and lobbyist. He was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and the founder and president of the Article III Project (A3P).

He is a staunch defender and ally of Donald Trump and was rumored to be one of his candidates for Attorney General. Despite having little in experience anti-trust law, Davis was an influential figure in getting controversial mergers approved by the second Donald Trump administration, and spoke frequently to Trump. While in college, he was an intern for Newt Gingrich during the lead-up to President Bill Clinton's impeachment in 1998 and he built a student organization in support of George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. His law firm's website claims that from 2013 to 2017 he was also a Special Assistant Attorney General of Colorado.

In 2021, Davis founded the Unsilenced Majority, a group committed to challenging "cancel culture" and pushing back against liberal influencers, alongside the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which advocates for stricter oversight of Big Tech.

Second Donald Trump administration Davis has been characterized as an influential fixer with the second Donald Trump administration, helping his corporate clients achieve favorable deals with the administration.

Davis played an influential role in getting the Trump administration to place Gail Slater in charge of the Justice Department's antitrust division.

Media Matters compiled a list of what they called his “racist, misogynistic, and authoritarian remarks” in February 2024.

In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Davis said, "We're going to put kids in cages. It's going to be glorious," and he threatened a "reign of terror" and to throw journalists into the "gulag," though he has said that his extreme rhetoric is meant to troll the left.

The day after Trump was re-elected, Davis posted, "Here’s my current mood: I want to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them, and throw them off the wall. (Legally, politically, and financially, of course.)"

Personal life Davis is a "lapsed" Catholic.