Trump Needs a Strong Lawyer

In less than a month, the Trump White House already has spawned a litany of ethics and legal controversies: potential conflicts of interest created by the president retaining ownership of his businesses, court challenges to his executive order on immigration, and the ouster of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , to name just a few.

All of these issues fall within the purview of one senior Trump aide, White House CounselDonald McGahn, who’s enjoyed a degree of anonymity that’s beginning to erode as the political circus in Washington shows no sign of settling down. “He’s either one of the architects ...