WASHINGTON — Emmet T. Flood, the White House lawyer who oversaw the administration’s response to the special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, will step down from the job this month, President Trump said on Saturday. Though Mr. Trump had considered Mr. Flood for other positions in the administration — including as White House counsel — Mr. After turning down overtures to work at the White House, Mr. Flood oversaw a more emboldened strategy as the president grew more comfortable with publicly maligning the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.

Source: New York Times June 01, 2019 22:40 UTC