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1/ This story shows what results from a presidency of chaos: McGahn, White House Counsel, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry nyti.ms/2ONyPWZ
2/ A chaotic and incoherent legal strategy veering back and forth between obstruction and disparagement on the one hand and cooperation on the other, depending on who @realDonaldTrump is listening to that day (including himself).
3/ And a chaotic personnel policy that has left White House staff members, including McGahn, uncertain of where they stand and afraid that Trump will turn on them next.
4/ As a result of this chaos, McGahn has fully cooperated with the Mueller investigation, which is good for the truth but no doubt bad for Trump.
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1/ Reporting is that @realDonaldTrump lawyers advised him of dangers of considering pardons during investigation. Trump’s Lawyers Urged Him to Postpone Even Considering Pardons in Russia Inquiry nyti.ms/2o6Iixq
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1/ If the Cohen-Trump tape and the story that Cohen says Trump knew about Trump tower meeting in advance are coming from Cohen, one question is, why? Why is he releasing this information publicly? cnn.com/2018/07/26/pol….
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