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How will Trump fight the deep state when no decent lawyers will work for him?

By Timothy P. Carney
Published June 14, 2023 9:02am ET
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How will Trump fight the deep state when no decent lawyers will work for him?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he walks onstage before speaking at a campaign event at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) | Patrick Semansky


Don McGahn was the top attorney for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Trump’s first White House counsel. After being asked repeatedly to take inappropriate actions for Trump, McGahn left the White House. Trump would later call McGahn “a lying bastard.”

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