Trump says Cipollone will serve as next White House counsel - AP interview

U.S. President Donald Trump in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S., October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone will serve as his next White House counsel.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Trump said Cipollone, a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who is currently litigation partner at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner, would replace Don McGahn, who is scheduled to leave his post this autumn.

(Reporting by Eric Beech, editing by G Crosse)