****BREAKING**** Trump ignoring legal advice and speaking to Mueller witnesses

[DemocratSinceBirth]

PER MSNBC

Take me back


The dirty:

WASHINGTON — The special counsel in the Russia investigation has learned of two conversations in recent months in which President Trump asked key witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators, according to three people familiar with the encounters.

In one episode, the president told an aide that the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, should issue a statement denying a New York Times article in January. The article said Mr. McGahn told investigators that the president once asked him to fire the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. Mr. McGahn never released a statement and later had to remind the president that he had indeed asked Mr. McGahn to see that Mr. Mueller was dismissed, the people said.

In the other episode, Mr. Trump asked his former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, how his interview had gone with the special counsel’s investigators and whether they had been “nice,” according to two people familiar with the discussion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/us/politics/trump-witnesses-special-counsel-priebus-mcgahn.html

[trueblue2007]

1. DO IT DONNIE !!!! GO AGAINST YOUR LAWYERS ADVICE *** BREAK THE LAW ***

IDIOT

[NewJeffCT]

4. The article says he's already done it, I believe

at least the first paragraph did

[aggiesal]

33. We have a moran for a president (bite my tongue). n/t

[ffr]

35. He.....did it....hiiiiiiiis.........waaaaaaaay.

[femmocrat]

2. He has a very good brain.

And he makes such good use of it!

[Stallion]

8. Those Discussions are Going to Be Discoverable Especially if Not Current Administration Figures

the grand jury witness who discusses Grand jury testimony is probably subject to contempt of court citation since all evidence presented is considered confidential and privileged-that's why its not open to the public-so witnesses can't coordinate testimony

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Hell with contempt....try a felony.

trump is witness tampering. Doesn't matter if he and they claim otherwise, by the virtue of his title of Pres. he exerts influence.

[dameatball]

40. He thinks if he yells "No Tamper, No Tamper, You Tamper" he will be fine.

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. The thing is, that kind of thinking is what 4 year olds do.

My 2 year old would cover his eyes and stand in the middle of the room during hide n seek.
He thought no one would see him, 'cause HE couldn't see.
Perfectly understandable behaviors. When kids do them.

Cannot even fathom what it would be like being next to a supposed adult who lives that level.

[triron]

45. MSM seems to think it's ok

[nclib]

17. The very bestest brain

don't ya know

[magicarpet]

27. Stable genius.... smarter than all thems lawyers...

.... combined together - even smarter than team Mueller - smarter than Mueller him self.

IQ so high the charts don't have the ability to record his astronomical IQ numbers.

[nclib]

30. IQ into infinity

That's why he has the best and biggest words.
He can lie to Mueller and Mueller will never catch him. He will bamboozle Mueller.

[dalton99a]

3. Fucking moron

[kentuck]

5. Holy Shit!

Now Mueller will have to call all his witnesses back in again and see if Trump talked with them and what did he ask??

[Tiggeroshii]

6. He is totally the republican's Blagojevich

[LuvLoogie]

13. Blagojevich is nowhere near the shitsoul trump is.

Not even close. Blago is doing 15 years for a violation that doesn't even register on the scale that trump's malfeasance requires.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. The level arrogance involved, however, is identitical.

The fool knows he is probably being recorded around these people and is willing to implicate himself anyways.

[chelsea0011]

26. ain't it the truth. guy is doing manslaughter time. trump is living the high life.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Too bad he isnt a democrat, if he was both parties would instantly impeach him

[dewsgirl]

16. +1

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Oh, for sure.

[grantcart]

9. They need help Donnie, can you coach them?

[poboy2]

10. Prebus and Donald F. McGahn.

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In one episode, the president told an aide that the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, should issue a statement denying a New York Times article in January. The article said Mr. McGahn told investigators that the president once asked him to fire the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. Mr. McGahn never released a statement and later had to remind the president that he had indeed asked Mr. McGahn to see that Mr. Mueller was dismissed, the people said.

In the other episode, Mr. Trump asked his former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, how his interview had gone with the special counsel’s investigators and whether they had been “nice,” according to two people familiar with the discussion.

The episodes demonstrate that even as the special counsel investigation appears to be intensifying, the president has ignored his lawyers’ advice to avoid doing anything publicly or privately that could create the appearance of interfering with it.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/us/politics/trump-witnesses-special-counsel-priebus-mcgahn.html

[Tatiana]

11. O-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n-o-f-j-u-s-t-i-c-e

I cannot wait until Mueller indicts this fool.

Each day it gets harder and harder to tolerate his destruction of our nation and the world.

I want him and his family of grifters gone.

[dem4decades]

31. Can we get Aretha to sing it? Cause it's music to my ears.

[spanone]

12. trump knows more than the lawyers, just ask him

[Leghorn21]

14. From the link:

Mr. Porter, who resigned last month amid a domestic abuse scandal, told Mr. McGahn the president had suggested he might “get rid of” Mr. McGahn if he chose not to challenge the article, the people briefed on the conversation said.

Mr. McGahn did not publicly deny the article, and the president later confronted him in the Oval Office in front of the White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, according to the people.

The president said he had never ordered Mr. McGahn to fire the special counsel. Mr. McGahn replied that the president was wrong and that he had in fact asked Mr. McGahn in June to call the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, to tell him that the special counsel had a series of conflicts that disqualified him for overseeing the investigation and that he had to be dismissed. The president told Mr. McGahn that he did not remember the discussion that way.

[rpannier]

19. It's why, unlike most high profile conservative politicos, he couldn't get Ted Olson to represent

him
He doesn't listen.
2nd reason was, he doesn't pay

[Corgigal]

20. Poor Muellers team

Damn it, hand me another folder. Talking about a binder full of women, these are blinders full of felonies.

[vlyons]

21. nothing better than a little witness tampering

and obstruction of justice. Donnie dumber than a door nail

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

32. This gives Mueller time to recall the people and ask them if Trump talked to them after the FBI

or Grand Jury, and what did he tell them. I was going to say "what did they discuss," but we all know that when Donny Two Scoops is involved in a conversation communication only occurs in one direction. He talks, they listen (or pretend to listen while they reconsider their life choices).

[Laurian]

22. Asshole does whatever he was, whenever he wants.

Why not? He's never suffered any consequences or been held to account and I'm beginning to think he never will.

[CentralMass]

23. A conversation with tRmp won't yield any coherent information.

[notKeith]

24. There's no end to this is there?

Random thoughts --

• Trump doesn't get it - he doesn't listen to counsel, he watches Fox and then tweets insanity.

• I am deeply concerned that Mueller may have a target on his back - how many people associated with Russian involvement in our election have died? What happens when it becomes evident that Mueller's team is about to nail Trump?

• Just finished reading an article about the methane feedback loop that is happening - http://meltfactor.org/is-the-greenhouse-gas-dragon-awakening/ - we may turn into another Venus before Trump starts WW III.

• And the melting permafrost could unleash very old diseases: "We could actually catch a disease from a Neanderthal’s remains, which is amazing." https://www.vox.com/2017/9/6/16062174/permafrost-melting

We live in interesting times.

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. "May you live in interesting times" is supposed to be Chinese curse.

An understandable one.

thanks for the links and welcome to DU.

[Kablooie]

25. If all that was said was what is in the article it's not that bad for Trump.

Certainly it adds an extra element of suspicion to him and doesn't help but it doesn't sound like he said or found out anything illegal.

That's if ALL he said was what is in the article.
Mueller has to be suspicious that there might be more to the conversations than what was reported and raises suspicion that there could have been other conversations which were not reported.

[wishstar]

36. Bad part is that Trump asked McGahn to lie about Trump having wanted McGahn to fire Mueller

and McGahn had to remind him that he had in fact asked McGahn to fire Mueller so McGahn would be lying if he were to issue statement denying Trump had asked him to fire Mueller.

The part about Priebus is not too concerning if that was all they discussed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

44. I am in the middle of the 2nd sentence there and going 'round and 'round and 'round.

Even the TRUTH sounds crazy with these people.

[Bleacher Creature]

28. Witness tampering much?? NT

[Beacool]

34. The guy is an idiot.

[AgadorSparticus]

37. Reminds me of Barney Fife taking the keys and going inside the jail cell voluntarily

Trump might as well just start trying on orange scrubs.

[mvd]

38. Trump and his admin are a mess

I am thoroughly enjoying the unraveling!

[IronLionZion]

39. Laws are for losers

Winners don't have time for laws. Honey badger don't care

[OldHippieChick]

41. If only we could locate the yellow brick road where a

repuke or two could find the heart, courage and brain to recognize what is going on and DO something about it.