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BULLSEYE a ie president made his familiar stink-in-the-room face, then wavi his hands as though to ward off a bug. “Don't tell me this,” he said. “Why are you telling me this?” His personal lawyer John Dowd, in late February 2018, little mo than a year into Trump’s tenure, was trying to explain that prosecute were likely to issue a subpoena for some of the Trump Organizatio: business records. Trump seemed to respond less to the implications of such a deep di into his affairs than to having to hear about it at all. His annoyance set ¢ a small rant. It was not so much about people out to get him—and pe ple were surely out to get him—but that nobody was defending him. T. problem was his own people. Especially his lawyers. Trump wanted his lawyers to “fix” things. “Don't bring me problen bring me solutions,” was a favorite CEO bromide that he often repeate He judged his lawyers by their under-the-table or sleight-of-hand ski and held them accountable when they could not make problems disa pear. His problems became their fault. “Make it go away” was one of I frequent orders. It was often said in triplicate: “Make it go away, make go away, make it go away.’ The White House counsel Don McGahn—representing the Whi HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021124