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White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.’s General Counsel

By on September 18, 2019 in Administrative Law, General Counsel, Government

The New York Times reports that the White House on Tuesday fired John Mitnick, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, after months of shake-up at an agency responsible for carrying out President Trump’s immigration agenda.

A Trump administration official said Tuesday evening that Chad Mizelle, an associate counsel to the president, would replace Mitnick. But a Department of Homeland Security official said later that Joseph B. Maher, the department’s principal deputy general counsel, would be taking over, write the timesZolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman.

Mitnick was the fifth general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security.

Read the NY Times report.

 

 

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