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Breaking: NYT reporting that acc to 2 people briefed on the subject, twice in the past month the WH have asked Don McGahn to say that he never believed that Trump obstructed justice.
Developing story. #FridayFeeling
nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/…
2-"Mr. McGahn, who was the president’s first White House counsel, declined, one of the people said. His reluctance angered Mr. Trump, who believed that Mr. McGahn showed disloyalty by telling investigators for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, about Mr.
3-"Trump’s attempts to maintain control over the Russia investigation. The White House made one of the requests to Mr. McGahn’s lawyer, William A. Burck, before the Mueller report was released publicly but after the Justice Department gave a copy to Mr. Trump’s lawyers to read.
4-"Reading the report, the president’s lawyers saw that Mr. Mueller had left out that Mr. McGahn had told investigators that he believed Mr. Trump never obstructed justice. White House officials believed that Mr. McGahn’s asserting his belief publicly would calm the president and
5-"help the administration push back on the episodes that Mr. Mueller detailed in the obstruction section of the report, said one of the people. Neither would be named describing private conversations involving the White House and spoke on condition of anonymity." ~NYT
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