White House Counsel Don McGahn Is Dippin’ Out

President Trump announced Wednesday that White House counsel Don McGahn will be dippin’ out this fall.

White House Counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation (hopefully) of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. I have worked with Don for a long time and truly appreciate his service!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018

BREAKING: Trump: White House counsel Don McGahn will be departing in the fall after vote on Kavanaugh confirmation.

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 29, 2018

W.H. counsel Don McGahn will step down this fall, Axios reports.

That potentially puts a successor in charge of fielding a blizzard of requests or subpoenas for documents and testimony if Democrats win control of the House. https://t.co/6EUYLqUWDj

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 29, 2018

President Donald Trump is tweeting that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, will be departing in the fallhttps://t.co/eg7VQJ5SHZ

— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) August 29, 2018

McGahn will leave his job after the Senate votes on Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation. Here are all the officials who have left the Trump White House https://t.co/wFkUjXP7kh pic.twitter.com/QQywgHCcQ4

— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 29, 2018

McGahn did not know Trump was going to announce his departure until after the presidential tweet was sent. Outgoing WH counsel’s attitude: “Of course it happened this way,” per person close to McGahn. https://t.co/YSiysgnW78

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 29, 2018

There’s always an element of drama.

Axios has a bit of interesting insight:

• We’re told that Trump has not formalized a successor.
• But McGahn has told a confidant he would like his successor to be Emmet Flood, a Clinton administration alumnus who joined the White House in May to deal with the Russia probe.
• Flood also served for two years during George W. Bush’s second term as his top lawyer handling congressional investigators.

Axios also claims McGahn has had a “strained relationship” with Trump.

A defender of McGahn’s, who has been an uncomfortable bystander while the president has torn shreds off of McGahn, told Axios that McGahn did the best he could under very trying circumstances, and often had to bat back unreasonable and legally problematic requests.

But there you have it. He’s out.