Trump Announces White House Counsel Pick

US President-elect Donald Trump chose Washington insider Donald McGahn to be his White House counsel, giving him the job of untangling potential conflicts of interest that the NY businessman’s presidency may present.

Trump also named Fox News contributor and former Reagan administration official K.T. McFarland as deputy National Security Adviser.

McGahn served as a legal adviser to Trump during his presidential campaign.

In a written statement, Trump praised McGhan for his “brilliant legal mind” and “excellent character” and said McGhan had a “deep understanding of constitutional law”. Conway said she had received a “deluge” of concern from people who questioned the loyalty of Romney, a former MA governor who assailed Trump as a “phony” during the presidential campaign.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Friday appointed a longstanding Republican commentator and government official as deputy national security adviser. Hillary Clinton. McFarland was defeated in the state’s Republican senate primary by former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer.

McFarland, 65, is known for her hawkish views in foreign policy.

As he spends the holiday weekend with his family at his Florida estate, Donald Trump is connecting with foreign leaders and considering new Cabinet prospects. Before that she served as then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger’s chief speechwriter. From 1970 to 1976, she was an adviser to Henry A. Kissinger on the National Security Council.

A Bloomberg Politics reporter tweeted the scoop Friday morning, shortly after Trump transition aides told journalists on a conference call that there would be two staff-level appointments announced by day’s end.

Yet the interview, in which Trump said he was surprised to learn there were no laws requiring him to transfer assets to a blind trust, raised more questions over how he’ll handle his business empire after taking office. She dismissed the notion that Trump would have to figure out how US decisions may impact foreign leaders. Aides to Trump have said a decision on that post may not come until next week at the earliest.

McFarland is the third woman to join the Trump administration so far.

Like his most famous client, the president-elect, McGahn embraces the role of disrupter, telling the Center for Public Integrity that he served on the FEC “to change how the place thinks”.