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BREAKING: White House Counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his position this fall, President Trump says in tweet.
Senate Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Grassley in tweet to President Trump: "I hope it’s not true McGahn is leaving WhiteHouse Counsel. U can’t let that happen."
White House counsel Don McGahn, who cooperated with Special Counsel Mueller's Russia investigation, will be leaving his job in the fall, President Trump says in tweet. nbcnews.to/2Nv5YXd
Senate Majority Leader McConnell on White House Counsel McGahn's planned departure from the White House:

"His departure from the White House, whenever that may be, would be a big loss for the Trump Administration and the country."

nbcnews.to/2Nv5YXd
"Don McGahn's a really good guy," President Trump says, predicting McGahn will go into the private sector "and he'll do very well."

Asked if he's concerned about what McGahn told the Mueller team, Trump says, "No. None at all ... I knew he was going, also. I had to approve it."
Day after tweeting that White House Counsel Don McGahn would be departing the White House, President Trump asserts in a tweet that the special counsel's investigation did not "come into play" in "my decision" on McGahn.
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