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Undated:  John Maguire Dowd (born February 11, 1941) is an American lawyer, former attorney for the United States Department of Justice, and former Marine Corps JAG. Dowd was employed by several law firms in the Washington, D.C. area for his expertise in defending clients accused of white-collar crimes. He was appointed by Major League Baseball (MLB) to lead the special counsel in multiple investigations with the organization in the 1980s and 1990s involving sports betting and bribery, the most notable investigation being the Dowd Report in 1989, which resulted in Pete Rose being banned from baseball for life.

From June 2017 to March 2018, Dowd was a legal advisor to President Donald Trump. On March 22, 2018, Dowd resigned as Trump's lead counsel in the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to Trump associates.[1]

From June 2017 until March 2018,[35] Dowd was a personal attorney representing President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.[36] Dowd recommended to President Trump that attorney Ty Cobb be added to his legal team to manage matters with the special counsel.[37]

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In August 2017, Dowd "forwarded an email to conservative journalists, government officials and friends that echoed secessionist Civil War propaganda and declared that the group Black Lives Matter 'has been totally infiltrated by terrorist groups.'" The email claimed that Robert E. Lee "is no different from Washington" and "there literally is no difference between the two men." The email was written by Jerome Almon, who writes various conspiracy theory websites; Almon said that he had sent the email as a follow-up to a telephone conversation with Dowd the previous week, and that he was hoping that Dowd would circulate his email to Trump following the Charlottesville rally that occurred the preceding weekend.[38]

On December 2, 2017, the day after Mike Flynn pled guilty in federal court and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel's investigation, controversy erupted over Trump's tweeting about firing Flynn.[39][40] It was reported Dowd had drafted the tweet that stated Trump had to fire General Flynn after he lied to the Vice President and the FBI.[40] Dowd did not comment and referred reporters to fellow Trump attorney Ty Cobb's statement; however, Cobb said nothing about lying to the FBI being a factor in Flynn's firing. Legal commentators quickly raised the question of whether, in fact, Trump knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he fired him in February 2017.[41]

On March 22, 2018, Dowd resigned as Trump's lead lawyer in the Russia inquiry. Dowd cited Trump's repeatedly ignoring advice, clashing over legal strategy, and the recent hire of attorney Joseph diGenova to the legal team as justification for his resignation,[1][35] while Trump cited his lack of confidence in Dowd to handle the investigation.[35]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Dowd

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