President Trump has picked Washington attorney Pat Cipollone as the new White House counsel, two sources familiar with the decision told Fox News on Saturday. Trump, about to head to Kentucky for an evening campaign rally, was asked on the White House South Lawn who would fill the counsel post. “I haven’t named the new White House counsel but over a short period of time I will,” Trump said. “Cipollone has a measured calm exterior but a killer instinct.”WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL DON MCGAHN TO LEAVE JOB AFTER KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION VOTE, TRUMP SAYSIn late August, it emerged that Trump was considering tapping Cipollone – a former Justice Department attorney with the firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner – for the position. “If selected by the president, he would make an outstanding White House counsel.”Fox News’ Alex Pappas, Kristin Brown and Kaitlyn Schallhorn contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News October 13, 2018 21:41 UTC