U.S. President Donald Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel's Russia investigation has resigned amid a shakeup of the president's team, an exit that removes the primary negotiator and legal strategist who had been moulding Trump's defence. She said the White House did not think firing Mueller would be "the most productive step forward." This is at least the second major reshuffling of Trump's legal team in the last year. As the investigation progressed, Dowd has touted the co-operation of the White House and Trump campaign with Mueller's investigation, calling it "the most transparent response in history." The tweet appeared to confirm for the first time that the White House knew at the time of Flynn's firing that he had misled the FBI.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2018 16:46 UTC