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Undated:
Donald Francis McGahn II (born
June 16, 1968) is an American lawyer and political figure. He served as
White House Counsel for
U.S. President
Donald
Trump, from the start of his administration through October 17, 2018.
Previously, he served on the
Federal Election Commission for over five years.
After leaving the FEC, McGahn returned to the law firm Patton Boggs.[7]
In 2014 he moved to the law firm of
Jones Day
in
Washington, D.C.[8]
He also worked for the
Koch
affiliated
Freedom Partners.[11]
McGahn brought five Jones Day lawyers with him to the
White House, and six more were appointed to senior posts in the Trump
Administration.[12]
Jones Day has represented
Alfa-Bank
and done work for businesses belonging to a long list of
Russian oligarchs, including
Oleg Deripaska,
Viktor Vekselberg, and
Alexander Mashkevich.[12]
McGahn served as
Donald
Trump's campaign counsel during his
2016 campaign for president.[7]
McGahn managed all litigation involving Donald Trump's 2016 Presidential
campaign. Early in 2016, he stopped efforts to keep Trump off of the Republican
primary ballot in New Hampshire by going to court and winning to ensure ballot
access in a key primary state.[13]
McGahn also assembled and oversaw the legal team that helped defeat the
NeverTrump movement at the 2016 Republican National Convention, both in the RNC
Rules Committee and on the convention floor.[14]
Several weeks before the election, lawsuits were filed in four battleground
states alleging voter intimidation and seeking to enjoin the Trump campaign from
having observers at polling locations.[15]
McGahn successfully managed and won these litigations.[16]
In January 2018
The New York Times reported that in June 2017, the president asked
McGahn to instruct top Justice Department officials to dismiss special counsel
Robert Mueller, and that McGahn refused, instead threatening to resign.[26][27]
In November 2018 it was reported that in spring 2018, Trump told McGahn that he
wanted the Justice Department to prosecute
Hillary Clinton and
James
Comey. McGahn told Trump that he had no authority to order a prosecution and
that while he could request an investigation, that too could prompt accusations
of abuse of power. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo to Trump warning
that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face
possible impeachment.[33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGahn
-- 2018 --
August 30: Donald Trump can't get his Don
McGahn story straight
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/politics/donald-trump-mcgahn/index.html
October 17:
Don McGahn Leaves Trump With Big Wins —
And Big Risks
The White House’s top lawyer leaves behind a legacy of conservative judges and
regulatory rollback. But critics say he also left the president exposed to a
Democratic reckoning in November.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/17/don-mcgahn-trump-221315
October 17:
McGahn, Soldier for Trump and Witness Against Him, Leaves White House
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/politics/don-mcgahn-leaves-trump-administration.html
October 31: Trump blamed ex-counsel McGahn
for Mueller investigation
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/politics/mcgahn-trump-mueller/index.html
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