Donald Trump's Lead Lawyer For Federal Russia Probe John Dowd Resigns: Reports

Donald Trump's Lead Lawyer
John Dowd reportedly stepped down concluding Donald Trump was ignoring his advice. (Reuters)

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's lead lawyer for the federal special counsel probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election resigned on Thursday, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.

John Dowd stepped down after concluding Trump was increasingly ignoring his advice, one of the people said, according to the Times.

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