This morning, via Twitter, Trump surprised White House counsel Don McGahn by announcing that he would be leaving his position “in the fall, shortly after the confirmation (hopefully) of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.”
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McGahn’s Bid To Stack The Courts With Conservative Judges Was A Great Success
![Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) poses for photographs with Judge Brett Kavanaugh before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol July 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to succeed retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GettyImages-996302198.jpg?w=804)
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August 29, 2018 1:39 p.m.
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