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Top Trump lawyer John Dowd resigns after calling for Mueller’s ouster

By Sarah Bedford
Published March 22, 2018 3:39pm ET
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Top Trump lawyer John Dowd resigns after calling for Mueller’s ouster
Attorney John Dowd, one of the key lawyers in President Trump’s corner navigated a popular United States senator through crisis, produced a damning investigative report that drove a baseball star from the game and, early in his career, took on organized crime as a Justice Department prosecutor. Dowd assumed a more prominent place on the legal team after another lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, took a reduced role. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) | (Richard Drew/AP)

John Dowd, a top attorney for President Trump, resigned just days after calling for the removal of special counsel Robert Mueller.

“I love the president and wish him well,” Dowd told the Washington Examiner.

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