He’s headed to the private sector.
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Bill McGinley is out at the “Department of Government Efficiency,” (DOGE). According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, the Republican election attorney is joining Vivek Ramaswamy in leaving the Elon Musk-led quasi-governmental agency.
McGinley is no stranger to public service. The attorney left Jones Day in 2017 to join the first Trump administration as the White House Cabinet secretary. He was initially tapped to fill the role of White House Counsel in the current administration, following in the footsteps of another former Jones Day partner Don McGahn. But in December Trump changed direction and named him as counsel to DOGE.
But apparently that role isn’t appealing to McGinley. And it certainly comes with a lot of baggage — shortly after its creation at least three lawsuits were filed contesting DOGE’s authority. National Security Counselors, the Public Citizen and State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the American Federation of Government Employees labor union all filed cases arguing DOGE violates the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act.
As for what’s next for McGinley, he’s taking his talents to the private sector. “I am in discussions regarding a number of private sector opportunities and will have something to announce in the next couple of weeks,” McGinley told the Wall Street Journal.
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