President Trump’s lead personal attorney handling the investigation into Russian meddling abruptly resigned on Thursday.
John Dowd, a prominent white-collar attorney who joined Trump’s legal team last summer, will step down after breaking with the president on key elements surrounding the probe, including whether Trump should sit for an interview with Robert Mueller.
“I love the President and I wish him well,” Dowd said in a written statement to The Hill.
Dowd’s exit comes as the president seeks to shake up his legal team amid frustrations within the White House over Mueller’s probe, which has cast a cloud over the administration for more than a year now.
This week, Trump added Joseph diGenova, a former U.S. attorney who has been highly critical of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), to his outside legal team. With Dowd gone, Trump’s outside legal team handling the Russia matter will be led, at least in the interim, by diGenova and Jay Sekulow.
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Trump's lead lawyer for Mueller probe resigns https://t.co/CTvIqSZvCQ pic.twitter.com/RIQSjmNpck
— The Hill (@thehill) March 22, 2018
1/ That perfectly normal thing when you fire your attorney in the middle of a gigantic special counsel investigation.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 22, 2018
4/ It isn't that Dowd's legal advice is bad. It's that the client wants to act out like a petulant child and wants indulgence, no counsel.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 22, 2018
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