Emmet Flood, the top lawyer representing the White House in the special counsel investigation, is expected to leave his post in coming months now that probe is complete
WASHINGTON—Emmet Flood, who since last summer has served as the top lawyer representing the White House in the special counsel investigation, is expected to leave his post in the coming months now that the probe has been completed, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Flood, a longtime Washington lawyer who represented former Democratic President Bill Clinton in the impeachment proceedings in the late 1990s, joined the White House in May, succeeding Ty Cobb. Don McGahn, the White House counsel at the time, had...
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