Joseph diGenova is a Republican activist and attorney who, along with his wife Victoria Toensing, played a partisan role in Republican congressional investigations into President Bill Clinton during the 1990s, where he was criticized for unprofessional behavior. He also fabricated claims about the Benghazi terrorist attack and tried to join President Donald Trump's personal legal defense team amid investigations into Trump’s campaign and presidency. In his Fox News appearances, he typically criticizes the probes into Trump.