White House counsel to leave position this fall: report

Source: The Hill | August 29, 2018 | Justin Wise

White House counsel Don McGahn is reportedly planning to leave his position this fall. 

Axios reported on Wednesday that top officials in the White House said they believe McGahn will exit his post either after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court or following the midterm elections. 

President Trump has not chosen someone who will fill McGahn’s role, according to the news outlet, which added that McGahn has told a confidant that he wants his successor to be Emmett Flood. Flood, who served in former President Bill Clinton’s administration, joined the Trump administration in May to help it deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. 

“The reason he can represent both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump is because he thinks these investigators come and basically put a target on their backs, trying to overturn every aspect of their lives searching for a crime,” a source told Axios. 

The report regarding McGahn’s impending exit comes only weeks after The New York Times reported that the White House counsel had cooperated with Mueller as part of his investigation.

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