Mueller Will Question White House Counsel About Trump

[DonViejo]

MUELLER TO QUESTION TRUMP LAWYER: DID THE PRESIDENT OBSTRUCT JUSTICE WHEN HE FIRED JAMES COMEY?

BY CRISTINA MAZA ON 11/28/17 AT 2:57 PM

Special Counsel Robert Mueller will soon question White House counsel Don McGahn as he investigates whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, CNN reported.

Investigators will likely question McGahn to determine whether there was “corrupt intent" such as firing Comey specifically to put a halt to the investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election, experts say.

“The motive for firing Comey is critical here. If he didn’t like Comey because Comey wasn’t bowing to him, that’s not enough to prove obstruction of justice. There has to be a connection between the firing and stopping the investigation,” Nick Akerman, an assistant special prosecutor during the Watergate investigation, told Newsweek. “McGahn will have a lot of information about that.”

McGahn was launched into the center of the investigation when The New York Times reported in September that the White House lawyer had stopped Trump from sending a letter to Comey explaining why he was firing him.

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[Bleacher Creature]

1. It's going to suck to be an NFL player these next few days!

He's probably drafting his distraction tweets as we speak.

[NastyRiffraff]

2. Or a woman

or a Native American
or a Democrat
or Hillary Clinton
or Nancy Pelosi
or Chuck Schumer
or Elizabeth Warren
or Puerto Rico, particularly Carmen Yulin Cruz
or all Media except Fox and Breitbart
or Barack Obama
or John Lewis
or Loretta Lynch
or Late Night TV Hosts
or Macy's
or Alec Baldwin/SNL
or Meryl Streep(!)
or the FBI
or Nordstrom's

And too many others to list.

[RandomAccess]

3. Will McGahn lawyer up??

I personally consider this extremely perilous for McGahn.

Or will he be able to claim "attorney client privilege"?