George Conway, a conservative attorney whose wife is Donald Trump's senior White House counselor, has formed an organization whose goal is to push back against the president.

Charter members of the group, called Checks and Balances, include former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former acting Attorney General Stuart Gerson, former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty and former Deputy White House Counsel Phillip Brady.

Missing from its mission statement is any mention of Conway's wife, who helmed Trump's White House quest and became the first woman to successfully bring a presidential campaign across a November finish line.

'We believe in the rule of law, the power of truth, the independence of the criminal justice system, the imperative of individual rights and the necessity of civil discourse,' the group says, seeming to spell out a list of what its members see as the president's shortcomings.

'We believe these principles apply regardless of the party or persons in power.'

George Conway, whom Donald Trump calls 'Mr. Kelleyanne Conway,' has famously jabbed the president despite being married to one of his top advisers; now he's launched an organization of conservative lawyers who object to what Trump has done to the country

George was pictured holding Kellyanne's coat in this 2017 photo, taken long before he became a visible Trump critic

'He's just trying to get publicity for himself,' Trump told DailyMail.com last week, saying he doesn't know Mr. Conway

Mr. Conway most recently took issue with Trump's appointment of Justice Department Chief of Staff Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general. In a New York Times op-ed, he and a former acting U.S. solicitor general from the Obama administration argued that the selection was unconstitutional.

His wife, a well-regarded pollster before she joined the Trump team, said Sunday in a Fox News interview that the critique from inside her own household doesn't faze her.

'It doesn't affect me or my job at all,' she said. 'I've never been doing better personally or professionally. People argue about the Constitution every day. That's why we have the United States Supreme Court. That's why we have an entire U.S. circuit court system.'

'He and his co-author have one opinion, the president and his attorneys have another,' she shrugged. 'Respectfully, I offer my advice to the president in private. I don't need to put it on the opinion pages, because I'm counselor to the president.'

The credo of 'Checks and Balances' was signed by 14 prominent right-wing attorneys including former top State and Justice Department officials and a former Bush Administration cabinet member

As he departed the White House for France on Friday, President Trump chuckled when DailyMail.com asked him if George Conway's op-ed was flawed.

'You mean Mr. Kellyanne Conway?' he jabbed.

'He's just trying to get publicity for himself. Why don’t you do this: Why don’t you ask Kellyanne that question, all right? She might know him better than me. I really don’t know the guy.'

Ms. Conway told Fox News two days later that 'the "Mr. Kellyanne Conway" comment is instructive.'

'People describe my husband as "Kellyanne Conway's husband" more often than they describe him by his first name. So I'm sure the feminists are really cheering me on today.'

The Times was first to report the formation of Checks and Balances, which came on the eve of the conservative Federalist Society's annual meeting in Washington.

Kellyanne Conway said Sunday on 'Fox News Sunday' that her husband's constitutional quibbles don't bother her at all

The Federalist Society's executive vice president, Leonard Leo, has been all-in with Trump, collaborating on the selection of 170 federal judges. So far, 91 of them have been confirmed and seated, including Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

But Lori Meyer, who is married to Federalist Society president Eugene Meyer, is among George Conway's 'Checks and Balances' inner circle.

'My particular concerns are all the disinformation and spin that comes out almost every day,' she said, referring to the Trump White House.

'It makes it impossible for any real dialogue to be had.'

John Bellinger, a member who was once Secretary of State Condoleezza rice's top legal adviser, said that conservative lawyers 'are not doing enough to protect constitutional principles that are being undermined by the statements and actions of this president.'