President Trump Announces Exit of White House Lawyer Emmet Flood

White House legal counsel Emmet Flood (R), walking with Associate Counsel David Morrell, exits the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2019. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

President Donald Trump announced on June 1 that the top lawyer who was representing the administration during the special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe will be stepping down from his role.

White House counsel Emmet Flood will be leaving his post on June 14, Trump said in a tweet.