Donald Trump picks Bill McGinley to serve as his White House counsel [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that veteran Republican lawyer Bill McGinley will serve as his White House counsel.“Bill is a smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda while fighting for election integrity and against the weaponization of law enforcement,” Trump said in a statement.The lawyer in the powerful post would become one of the chief advisers who act as a guardrail for the president. Yet Trump’s style has caused his past White House counsels to become top witnesses in multiple federal investigations – including McGinley’s longtime colleague and Trump’s first White House Counsel Don McGahn.CNN has reached out to McGinley for comment.McGinley has long had connections to the Trump world. McGinley previously served as White House Cabinet secretary in the first half of Trump’s first term in office and was the Republican National Committee’s outside counsel for “election integrity” during the 2024 election.He is …