White House counsel Don McGahn has left the job effective Wednesday. But his influence will live on for years, thanks to the dozens of conservative judges that McGahn helped President Trump put on the federal bench.
The grueling confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh marked an explosive end to McGahn’s White House tenure. But he’s also worked more quietly in the last two years to put his stamp on the lower courts.
With a flurry of confirmations by the Senate on Oct. 11, Trump has so far installed 29 appeals court judges and 52 district court judges — along with Kavanaugh and his Supreme Court colleague Neil Gorsuch.
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