I always knew he was a smart cookie. And sure enough, he did what anyone with career savvy would do: Turned down a big job offer with the Trump administration and ran for the hills.

I'm talking, of course, about George Conway, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Though the Big Law cognoscenti know he's a big wheel—he's a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, for goodness sake!—most Americans probably regard him as the arm-candy (and husband) of Kellyanne Conway, Trump's famously infamous adviser.

Now, however, George Conway is introducing himself to the rest of America and telling everyone he's his own man. Not only did he refuse Trump's offer but, two days later, he criticized Trump on Twitter, essentially saying, “Glad I'm not part of that legal hellhole.”