McGahn ‘Surprised’ By Trump Announcement Of His Departure: ‘Of Course It Happened This Way’

on August 23, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 23: White House Counsel Don McGahn (C) prepares to join Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a meeting with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Cap... WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 23: White House Counsel Don McGahn (C) prepares to join Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a meeting with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill August 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's pick to replace the retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh is meeting with Republican and Democratic senators ahead of his September confirmation hearing. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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While it was common knowledge in the White House that counsel Don McGahn planned to depart after Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, McGahn was “surprised” by Trump’s abrupt tweet announcing his departure, The Washington Post reported.

According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to the Post, McGahn was not angered by Trump’s tweeted, but rather saw it as the exact way he’d expect the Twitter President to behave.

“Of course it happened this way,” McGahn reportedly said, according to a person familiar with McGahn.

Trump announced on Wednesday that McGahn would leave the White House after Kavanaugh’s confirmation, following reports from Axios early Wednesday morning suggesting as much.

Trump’s legal team was reportedly surprised to learn earlier this month that McGahn had been fully cooperative with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and had sat for 30 hours of interviews. Trump was also reportedly at odds with the White House counsel because McGahn opposed Trump’s interest in pardoning his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.

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  1. Avatar for jim195 jim195 says:

    His will be a particularly interesting book.

  2. I suspect Fat Donny looked around this morning, watched a little FOX news and then decided it was time to kick McGahn out the door. It would be worth checking to see if FOX and Friends had a story about McGahn this morning.

    Cause and effect.

  3. “Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry??”

    The classic “bum’s rush” 4 U, McGahn!

    But hey, whadda’you care? U got all your fucking Federalist judges and stayed out of jail.

    U must be sooo proud, asshole.

  4. Yes, the impeachment clock for Trump and just as guilty Pence has begun. Trump and Pence failed the nation when their transition team allowed the Russian attacks to continue! They are unfit to serve and failed to defend the union!

  5. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Smooth running operation.

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