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Worried Trump's legal team was setting him up to take the fall in the obstruction probe, Don McGahn, determined not to become 'Trump's John Dean' [who was imprisoned in the Watergate scandal], "decided to fully cooperate with Mueller."
by @nytmike #Maddow nyti.ms/2ONyPWZ
This reeks of more Don McGahn PR spin. Buried in the piece, which reiterates McGahn's 'extensive cooperation' with Mueller's obstruction probe, is this: "McGahn cautioned investigators that he never saw Trump go beyond his legal authorities." 🙄
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Don McGahn's lawyer, Bill Burck, claims his client is "fully cooperating" with Mueller's obstruction probe. So why is he staying on at the White House? Other than to continue doling out judicial appointments and pardons that is...
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There's also this: Don McGahn's lawyer Bill Burck is the one brokering access to Trump SCOTUS pick Kavanaugh's documents for the Senate, which he's keeping a *very* tight lid on.
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In AUG 2017, Mueller alerted the WH he wanted to interview Don McGahn. Reports implying McGahn had flipped date back at least to Jan 2018 – yet he and/or Burck continued leaking to the press, which seems to run afoul of a cooperation agreement.
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Here's a really great take from @FrankFigliuzzi1 on why McGahn may be claiming that "he never saw Trump go beyond his legal authorities."
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Per @emptywheel: The NYT piece was designed to hide that Mueller is challenging Don McGahn, fmr FEC Commissioner & Trump campaign finance advisor, on helping to kill a 2012 FEC probe into ShouldTrumpRun Org laundering Trump corp cash into campaign funds.
emptywheel.net/2018/08/18/sho…
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Trump campaign chair & deputy chair Paul Manafort & Rick Gates conspired with Russian GRU-linked Konstantin Kilimnik to pass internal polling data to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, whose private jet Kilimnik flew on to meet Manafort in AUG 2016.
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Leonid Teyf, a wealthy Russian national living in NC accused of money laundering and plotting a murder-for-hire, has ties to Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin ["Putin's chef"], who was indicted by Mueller election tampering.
HT @WendySiegelman #Maddow bit.ly/2FhkrVs
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NEW ––> Trump admin makes FALSE case for crisis at border, laying foundation for Trump to declare a PHONY national emergency to build his useless wall. [FIFY, @PhilipRucker]

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This is an EXCELLENT article. I highly recommend it.
#Watergate #TrumpRussia #TuesdayThoughts #DOJ
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2/"Nearly 45 years ago, the House Judiciary Committee concluded that President Richard Nixon’s contact with high-level Justice Department officials overseeing the Watergate investigation, detailed in a 62-page “road map” of evidence collected by prosecutors in 1972–73, amounted
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Um... so there's news here. 1) McGahn was interviewed by Mueller and "cooperated extensively" with Mueller's team. And 2) there's no way saying that Trump tried to ensure control of the Mueller probe is in NO WAY favorable to Trump. That's obstruction.
2. McGahn shared "detailed accounts" about episodes pertaining to the obstruction of justice investigation, "including some that investigators would not have learnt otherwise". Read: McGahn delivered Trump to Mueller on obstruction on a silver platter. Bloop!
3. This adds up to the previous report that dozens of WH aides, some of which working for McGahn, were interviewed by Mueller AND delivered key evidence for Mueller's obstruction case. The danger for Trump is NOT Mueller, it comes from HIS OWN AIDES who WON'T go to jail for him.
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More tapes😉 >> White House Counsel Don McGahn has provided 30 hours of testimony to Russia probe investigators, cooperating with their inquiry into Trump's obstruction of justice nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/…
Wow >> McGahn became a cooperating witness in Mueller's Russia probe for fear Trump was setting him up to take the fall for obstruction! Trump's already questioned McGahn's loyalty, so he'll explode abt this @maggieNYT @nytmike report. (Also: McG called Trump "King Kong"=Big Ape)
@maggieNYT @nytmike If there are no privilege claims, I wonder if Mueller has seen those "couple" important documents McGahn reportedly locked away in a White House safe? Remember, Trump lawyer Ty Cobb called McGahn a "spy"?
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Breaking: White House Counsel Has Cooperated Extensively With Mueller’s Obstruction Inquiry nyti.ms/2ONyPWZ
2/"WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, including some that
3/"investigators would not have learned of otherwise, according to a dozen current and former White House officials and others briefed on the matter.
In at least three voluntary interviews with investigators that totaled 30 hours over the past nine months, Mr. McGahn described
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White House counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively with Mueller, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether Donald obstructed justice, including some that investigators would not have learned of otherwise: nyti.ms/2ONyPWZ
"It is not clear that Mr. Trump appreciates the extent to which Mr. McGahn has cooperated with the special counsel. The president wrongly believed that Mr. McGahn would act as a personal lawyer would for clients and solely defend his interests to investigators...."
"Worried that Mr. Trump would ultimately blame him in the inquiry, Mr. McGahn told people he was determined to avoid the fate of the White House counsel for President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, who was imprisoned in the Watergate scandal."
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Team🇺🇸Mueller is *grilling* WH officials on details of what TRUMP knew & did in the 18 days btwn @SallyQYates informing the WH that Misha🇷🇺Flynn was *susceptible to blackmail by #Russia* and Trump firing him‼️ 1/

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Team🇺🇸Mueller has asked witnesses, including WH Counsel Don McGahn & others (Hicks, Reince, Spicey) who worked in the West Wing, to go through each day that Flynn remained as NSA & *describe in detail* what they knew was happening inside the WH as it related to Flynn.🤨2/
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