White House ethics lawyer Stefan Passantino will be departing the White House this week, according to a senior White House official.
The official told NBC News Thursday that Passantino’s last day will be Friday.
Passantino’s responsibilities as ethics lawyer included making sure the White House complied with government ethics rules.
He was in charge of dealing with a March 2017 incident in which White House counselor Kellyanne Conway promoted President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump’s clothing line on TV.
Trump also confirmed reports Wednesday that White House counsel Don McGahn would be leaving his position in the fall. The White House is anticipating that McGahn would leave after Judge Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, and the Republican Senate is pushing to make that happen by the end of September.
Several reports credit McGahn with being able to stop Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump denies these reports.
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