JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [8-29-18] that Don McGahn will leave his job as White House counsel this fall following Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation…McGahn’s departure will close the book on a tumultuous relationship that has been both a boon for Trump’s agenda and a test of the limits of Trump’s executive authority. McGahn has been the key architect of Trump’s successful efforts to reshape the federal courts — sealing a lasting part of Trump’s conservative legacy — but he has also repeatedly clashed with the President over his attempts to interfere in the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference and any collusion with the Trump campaign. That strained relationship once again resurfaced earlier this month with the disclosure that McGahn has cooperated extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, participating in several interviews spanning 30 hours over the last nine months. The conversations unnerved Trump, who didn’t know the full extent of McGahn’s discussions, two people familiar with his thinking said.”
–Maegan Vazquez, Jeremy Diamond and Jim Acosta, “Don McGahn to leave job as White House counsel, Trump says,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 29, 2018 3:39 pm