WH Counsel Don McGahn To Resign; Plus, FL's Governor's Race Is 2018's Bernie v. Trump

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🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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White House counsel Don McGahn is resigning this autumn after a tumultuous stretch as President Trump's in-house lawyer. Plus, after a surprise upset in yesterday's primary, Florida's race for governor has become a proxy for the Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump showdown that never was. And Arizona will make history by guaranteeing a woman will be their next senator. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, reporter Sarah McCammon, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Charles Seek from Kissimmee, Florida.
0:04.0	I just finished voting in the Florida primary, and now I'm going to Disney World.
0:10.0	This podcast was recorded at 12.23pm on Wednesday, 29th of August.
0:16.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:18.6	Alright everyone, here's the show!
0:20.7	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:26.6	White House Council Don McGahn is leaving this fall.
0:29.9	You know, because the president tweeted an announcement.
0:32.7	Plus, we've got the big takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Arizona and Florida.
0:37.6	I'm Tamer Keath, I cover the White House.
0:39.6	I'm Sarah McCammon, also covering the White House.
0:41.9	And I'm Carrie Johnson, Justice Correspondent.
0:44.0	And let's just start with that tweet this morning.
0:46.2	It came at 10.30am from Ed Realdonald Trump.
0:50.5	White House Council Don McGahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation,
0:56.0	hopefully, of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.
1:00.2	I have worked with Don for a long time and truly appreciate his service, exclamation point.
1:05.8	So, Carrie, can you just tell us who Don McGahn is, what the White House Council does, what was his role?
1:13.3	Sure, the White House Council is the lawyer for the presidency, the institution of the presidency,
1:18.2	not for the president, him or herself.
1:20.4	And that became a little bit confusing during parts of Don McGahn's tenure as a White House Council
1:26.3	in the Trump administration.
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