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06/15/2018 05:30 am ET
White House counsel Don McGahn recused his whole staff from the investigation into whether President Donald Trumps campaign colluded with Russia because many of the attorneys played key roles in the decisions to fire national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey.
The White House made a decision to recuse his entire office, former White House attorney Ty Cobb said on Wednesday, according to Politico.
It tells us how deeply rooted this scandal is in every different part of the White House, Norm Eisen, a former ethics attorney in the Obama White House, told Politico. Its like a ray of sunshine when you learn they did the right thing.
Trump and McGahn have reportedly clashed on their approach to Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe. McGahn threatened to quit when Trump asked him to fire Mueller, The New York Times reported in January.
Cobb, who joined Trumps legal team last July to manage the handling of the Russia probe, left his White House role last month.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/don-mcgahn-recused-entire-staff_us_5b2379cbe4b0d4fc01fd3c92
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)That's all I've got.
Sorry.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)he is right to do that... .must really ruffle the feathers of tRUMP!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)The verb recuse is used in legal situations and means to remove someone from a position of judicial authority, either a judge or a member of a jury, who is deemed unacceptable to judge, usually because of some bias. The Latin recusare, meaning "to refuse" is the place to start in the history of recuse.