Trump Lawyer Resigned After Friction Over DiGenova, Sources Say
- Departure comes after Trump hired critic of Mueller probe
- Changes could signal more confrontational approach to Mueller
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John Dowd resigned as Donald Trump’s attorney amid friction over the hiring of Joseph diGenova, a vocal critic of the Russia probe who has attacked the FBI and the Justice Department, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Dowd, who had been Trump’s lead lawyer against Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe for the past nine months, had been pushing Trump to cooperate with the investigation.