THREAD: Trump’s lawyers negotiating w/Team🇺🇸Mueller about an INTERVIEW OF TRUMP by Mueller‼️🤗
Trump’s lawyers are trying to AVOID any interview (of course!), or have him give written responses to questions in lieu of a formal sit-down.🙄1/
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Despite all of the bravado by Trump’s lawyers, they’ve known for MONTHS that Trump was in Mueller’s crosshairs‼️2/
Trump’s lawyers won’t comment, meaning they are NOT DENYING it.🤔 3/
In *total desperation* to AVOID A LIVE INTERVIEW, Trump’s lawyers offer that Trump could submit written responses in place of an interview, or provide a signed affidavit affirming Trump “was innocent of any wrongdoing and denying any collusion.”🙄
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DOJ veterans say there’s NO WAY that Mueller would forgo the chance to interview Trump directly‼️ 5/
“The odds of prosecutors agreeing to written responses are somewhere *between infinitesimally small and zero*."😎 6/