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Yesterday, I wrote:

"Without instruction from WH Counsel, Lewandowski—who's in touch with Trump—knew he wasn't supposed to answer questions on post-June '16 chats with Trump. The picture emerging is of a Trump-Nunes nexus snaking behind the scenes to deep-six the Russia probe."
2/ So Trump was directly gagging Bannon, then the next day Lewandowski—who's still in touch with Trump—(a) refuses to say if he's still talking to Trump, yet (b) somehow knows exactly which questions to refuse to answer despite (unlike Bannon) not speaking to White House Counsel.
3/ Many will now make the reasonable inference that Trump ordered Bannon to shut up through McGahn's office—as McGahn and Bannon share an attorney—and then directly (because they're in regular contact) shut down Lewandowski *without* raising privilege, which is Witness Tampering.
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