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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]

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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

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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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