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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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