White House lawyer McGahn eager to exit

[DonViejo]

The departure would come amid a shakeup of Trump’s legal team for the Russia probe.

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 03/23/2018 08:36 AM EDT

President Donald Trump’s top White House lawyer, Don McGahn, is expected to step down later this year, though his resignation is contingent on the president finding a replacement and several other factors, according to four sources familiar with McGahn’s thinking.

McGahn, according to two of the sources, has signaled interest in returning to the Jones Day law firm where he previously worked and reprising a role he had during the 2016 campaign by handling legal matters for Trump’s reelection.

But the exact timing for McGahn to make any move remains in flux. He’s told associates he’d like to leave the White House by the summer, but it could also be put on hold through the 2018 midterms.

Concerned about the velocity of turnover inside his White House and beyond — Trump personal lawyer John Dowd resigned on Thursday, and the president has made changes atop the State Department, CIA and the national security adviser slot — sources said Trump wants to have a new White House counsel in place who he’s comfortable with before clearing McGahn for the exits.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/don-mcgahn-to-resign-timing-482179

[underpants]

1. Better call Bob Loblaw

[Docreed2003]

7. Lmao...excellent reference. Such a great show

[exboyfil]

2. Finding a suitable replacement?

I am very sure whoever takes the job will forget that he is the attorney for the office of the Presidency and not Trump personally. It will have to be some sycophant.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Can't really blame him. Who'd want to work in that snake pit?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I know exactly who he can speak with the minute he walks out the door.

[dem4decades]

5. Why wait?

[poboy2]

6. "Concerned about the velocity of turnover" -lmao

[matt819]

8. What's with the announcing a future departure

The conditions that are prompting his desire to leave exist now. They are not going to change. If anything, they will only be confirmed, reconfirmed, and re-reconfirmed daily. It's not as if he needs to get his affairs in order or look for a job. It's not as if his integrity will improve by staying until the summer or beyond. If anything, he will continue to be smothered in more of trump's shit - daily. He can leave today and return to his law office tomorrow morning.

So, stop talking, promising, or threatening. It's not as if his presence is going to stop anything. Just leave. Doing otherwise is just BS.