President Trump is eying Washington litigator Pat Cipollone to replace outgoing White House counsel Donald McGahn, according to two people familiar with the president’s thinking. This week, Trump interviewed Cipollone, a former Justice Department attorney who practices commercial litigation at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner, the people said. He is also close to Emmet Flood, a White House lawyer who is helping handle the special-counsel investigation and is himself being considered for the top legal position. If selected by the president, he would make an outstanding White House counsel.”Pat A. Cipollone. (Stein Meissner Cipollone law firm)“I know both Pat and Emmet very well, and either one would be an excellent choice,” Giuliani said.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2018 16:23 UTC