Bloomberg Law
April 19, 2019, 5:27 PM UTCUpdated: April 19, 2019, 5:57 PM UTC

McGahn Was Right, Real Lawyers Take Notes (1)

Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Special Correspondent

The Mueller report is full of lawyers doing lawyerly things (and some very unlawyerly things). But no anecdote stands out as a more basic illustration of the role of an attorney as Don McGahn’s exchange with President Donald Trump over—note-taking.

During his conversations with Trump, White House lawyer Don McGahn, reportedly took notes. At one point, Trump asked him, “What about these notes? Why do you take notes? Lawyers don’t take notes. I never had a lawyer who took notes.”

McGahn, who is now back at his old law firm Jones Day as a partner, responded that he took ...

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