The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 23, 2018 Trump's Personal Lawyer John Dowd Quits Amid Trump Attacks on Mueller --------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Trump's top lawyer defending the president in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has resigned. John Dowd confirmed Thursday he's leaving Trump's legal team, writing in a statement, "I love the president and wish him well." Dowd reportedly resigned after Trump repeatedly ignored his legal advice and attacked Robert Mueller by name on Twitter, after Mueller's team subpoenaed financial documents from the Trump Organization. .