President Trump has announced that White House counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his post in the coming weeks.<br /> The pair's relationship has been strained amid reports that McGahn had been cooperating extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian election meddling.<br />McGahn's departure would mark the latest in a series of high-ranking advisers to leave the president's side.<br />As White House counsel, McGahn played a key role in Trump's efforts to revamp the federal judiciary with relatively young conservative justices.<br />Trump said McGahn is slated to leave after the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. <br />
