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Trump personal attorney John Dowd resigns in shake-up of president's legal team

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team and strategy for the sprawling Russia investigation appeared in disarray Thursday after the lawyer negotiating a possible presidential interview with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III abruptly resigned.

The departure of John Dowd, who served as a Justice Department prosecutor before he became a white-collar defense attorney, leaves unclear who will guide Trump through a crucial stage of a criminal case that threatens his administration.

The move follows Trump's decision Monday to hire Joseph DiGenova, a Washington lawyer who has publicly accused the FBI and Justice Department of "trying to frame" the president with false charges, signaling a

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