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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.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
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