The leading attorney on President Donald Trump's legal team, John Dowd, resigned Thursday amid growing pressure on the White House from the Russia investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. Dowd quit days after Trump directly attacked Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt," a statement that raised questions about whether the president was interfering with the probe.
Dowd's exit bared the turmoil in Trump's legal strategy as Mueller seeks to interview the president over allegations his election campaign colluded with Russia in 2016 and that Trump himself may have obstructed the investigation. Trump said Thursday he was still willing to be interviewed by Mueller despite Dowd leaving.
"I would like to," Trump told reporters when asked about an interview. Dowd, 77, was named to lead the president's legal team last June after Mueller, a former FBI director, was named to lead an independent enquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He is a specialist in defending high profile figures in white collar crime cases.
Mueller's sprawling probe has already produced 19 indictments, including Trump's former national security advisor, his former campaign chairman and deputy, and a campaign foreign policy advisor.
Increasingly, the probe has focused on Trump, his family and close aides and advisors, many of whom have been interviewed by Mueller's powerful team of lawyers and investigators.
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