Talk:John M. Dowd

Dowd worked at Sankaty Head Golf Club on Nantucket Island where he became acquainted with Edward Bennett Williams.

Interesting mention without further explanation causes me to wonder if there is something of importance to this. --Wikipietime (talk) 03:22, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

It is important to take note this article is a biography. The previous sentence mentioned Dowd being fascinated in reading the works of Clearance Darrow. Becoming acquainted with Edward Bennett Williams during the summers while working on Nantucket Island reveals Dowd is more than likely planning to have a career in law. FunksBrother (talk) 00:21, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Fake news allegation regarding Trump dictating narrative

Re Trump Tower meeting with Russians; he responded on July 31 2017 to NBC news that the story of President Trump fabricating an alternative agenda for his son, Don Jr., And the Russians was "fake news". This engagement into the possible and potential cover up of events is worthy of consideration as a noteworthy addition to his BLP. Wikipietime (talk) 01:12, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I would wait a day or two if more credible information has been published about meeting. I don't want to jump the gun and create a biographical fog at this time. If more is published from reliable sources, then it should be added with proper citations. FunksBrother (talk) 02:48, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Personal lawyer

Dowd is Trump's personal lawyer. He works directly for Trump, not the White House, the Trump Administration, or any government (Ty Cobb (attorney) works for the White House on this matter). Suggested text with source (to replace sentence in lede):

Dowd is now a personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, representing him in the special counsel investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

--Mattflaschen - Talk 13:24, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

 Done FunksBrother (talk) 03:08, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Robert Reckmeyer Case

Hello. I conducted research on Dowd's article back in June of 2017 when Dowd became a personal lawyer for Donald Trump. I did not come across anything about Robert Reckmeyer until today when an Anonymous user added and cited a court case concerning Dowd and Reckmeyer. The Washington Post has several articles about the Reckmeyer case from 1985 and The New York Times referenced it in a 1989 article when Dowd was tapped to do the Pete Rose inquiry.

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/01/19/va-drug-case-bond-denied/729b86c3-c8c9-435e-acb2-69d7f24c1cfe/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/01/29/2-brothers-doing-it-big/0093c201-957f-4036-a3fc-1e78b4df1092/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/03/14/brothers-split-in-drug-case/e8e3148e-300d-4baf-bbe4-e0d6e249f420/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/03/31/the-brothers-reckmeyer-anatomy-of-a-us-drug-investigation/d3ba7b7e-35f6-429c-8bd1-bcb4ffb719dc/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/04/27/drug-ring-kingpin-sentenced-to-serve-17-years-in-prison/9047607b-2c15-41c9-8372-37e1ed867d70/
• http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/27/sports/the-pete-rose-inquiry-dowd-served-both-sides-in-court.html

And the cases where Reckmeyer accuses Dowd of misconduct from 1989 and 1990.

• https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/709/680/1586600/
• https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/900/257/306413/

Reading the edit history, the Anonymous editor mentioned their reasoning for the edit was to tell readers that Dowd did something sinister. It's conclusive that the editor violated neutral point of view when editing the article. I'll ask the Anonymous editor why they need to edit the article in a NPV. FunksBrother (talk) 19:48, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

After a month of silence from the Anonymous poster, I went ahead and edited the Robert Reckmeyer section so it would have a neutral point of view. FunksBrother (talk) 18:01, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Abandoning Trump 2018

Biggest noteworthy move of his career, needing expanded coverage in article as to why?--Wikipietime (talk) 17:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

It's been mentioned twice in the article (the introduction and in the Donald Trump section), but the coverage doesn't need expansion at this point. The reasons why Dowd resigned are noted and cited in the Donald Trump section. If Dowd decides to speak to the press or Trump mentions of his departure, it will be added. FunksBrother (talk) 20:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Did he "enlist"?

I didn't edit the entry as I do not know if it is correct.

Question:

I assume Dowd was never an enlisted member of the US Marines? I imagine he attended officer candidate school then was commissioned. Not sure about US military, but in the British Commonwealth, officer candidates do not "enlist" they attend "officer candidate school" or some variation. I think the correct term is "joined"? Anyway, there must be someone here who knows and can edit if needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.57.101 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Dowd was enlisted in December 1965. He attended OCS from March - May 1966. Source: I asked him! Nicolas.hammond (talk) 23:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

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College

He attend St. Bernard College in Alabama for this college degree. The college side no longer exists; the high school persists. The text was correct; the infobox was incorrect so I fixed it. Documenting here in case someone incorrectly edits the infobox Nicolas.hammond (talk) 23:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)