Washington (CNN) Conservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, called President Donald Trump's administration "a s***show in a dumpster fire" in an interview released Friday.

Conway, a frequent critic of the administration in which his wife is a prominent figure, said his views on the administration were tested when he was under consideration to lead the Department of Justice's civil division last year. But he ultimately withdrew

"The administration is like a s***show in a dumpster fire, and I'm like, I don't want to do that," he said on a podcast, later adding, "If I get this door prize, I'm going to be in the middle of a department (Trump) is at war with."

Conway said his dislike of Trump's administration balances out his wife's dislike of his vocal opposition to the White House.

"I don't think she likes it," he told host Michael Isikoff on the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery." "But I've told her, I don't like the administration, so it's even."

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