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Trump names longtime election attorney Bill McGinley as his White House counsel

6:28pm November 12, 2024

As White House Counsel, McGinley will be the point legal adviser for the president in regards to ethics, oversight and judicial nominations. He served as cabinet secretary during Trump's first term.

Discussing his plan to roll back part of the Constitution, President Trump says: "They're saying I can do it just with an executive order."

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Trump Says He Will Void Birthright Citizenship Law Through Executive Order

3:05pm October 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't," Trump said in a recent interview. House Speaker Paul Ryan disagreed: "Well, you obviously cannot do that."

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White House Counsel Don McGahn, who departed his post last week, heads into an August meeting with then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Confirming the newest Supreme Court justice was a capstone on his tenure.

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White House Counsel's Exit Brings Attention To An Office With A Past

10:48am October 21, 2018

by Ron Elving

Don McGahn's tenure was capped by shaping Brett Kavanaugh's fight-back rebuttal against allegations of sexual assault. The office has been a perch for major figures from John Dean to Alberto Gonzales.