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Don McGahn Rebuffed White House Request to Say Trump Didnt Obstruct Justice
After release of the Mueller report, the president sought to have the former White House counsel say that he didnt believe the presidents push to dismiss the special counsel constituted a crime
WASHINGTONWithin a day of the release of the Mueller report last month, President Trump sought to have former White House counsel Don McGahn declare he didnt consider the presidents 2017 directive that he seek Robert Muellers dismissal to be obstruction of justice, but Mr. McGahn rebuffed the request, according to people familiar with the matter.
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WH asked McGahn to say Trump did NOT obstruct justice - McGahn REFUSED (Original Post)
kpete
May 2019
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)1. All the more reason to hear his testimony....
Get McGahn on the record.
mahina
(17,705 posts)2. And then told the press?
Small mercies I guess
kentuck
(111,110 posts)3. That would explain..
...why he went from jubilant "total exoneration" to once again attacking Mueller and his enemies the next day.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)4. Why Does McGahn Always
Have the look of dismay on his face.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)5. because he's a real lawyer?
and maybe he won't be one after getting caught up in trumpworld?
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)6. White House asked McGahn to say Trump didn't obstruct justice, but McGahn declined, source says
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)7. Isn't this "illegal"? Who in the White House made this request?
Isn't that person subject to the law? Isn't it illegal to request someone to lie about something like this?
Just asking....
former9thward
(32,082 posts)8. McGahn told Mueller Trump did not obstruct justice.
The official and a separate source familiar with the matter said that McGahn previously told special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators he didn't believe Trump obstructed justice.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/politics/wh-mcgahn-request-obstruction/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/politics/wh-mcgahn-request-obstruction/index.html
spanone
(135,885 posts)9. OBSTRUCTION. OF. JUSTICE.
Right in our FACES.