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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:11 PM May 2018

Trump's legal team discussed January interview with Mueller

Source: CNN



By Gloria Borger and Evan Perez, CNN

Updated 5:52 PM ET, Thu May 24, 2018

Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert Mueller discussed a potential January 27, 2018, interview of the President before talks between the two sides stalled, sources briefed on the discussions told CNN.

The President's legal team discussed the logistics of holding the multi-hour interview session at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, the sources said. But there's disagreement among people involved over how close the two sides were to an agreement before the President's team rejected the plan.

The possible date for an interview, which has not been previously reported, appears to have been the only date discussed so far, according to one of the sources.

It raises the possibility that, had they moved forward, the obstruction investigation of the President could have already concluded by now. At the time, Trump claimed to be eager to sit down with Mueller. On January 24, Trump told reporters who asked about the possible interview, "I'm looking forward to it, actually." At that same time, his attorneys were very interested in wrapping the investigation as it related to the President.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/trump-legal-team-january-2018-interview-robert-mueller/index.html

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Trump's legal team discussed January interview with Mueller (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
I might be wrong but I have no doubt that Trump's attorneys do not want him to sit down w/Mueller Botany May 2018 #1
Mueller listed 16 topics to discuss with him. BigmanPigman May 2018 #2
His lawyers tried two "sample" questions.... SergeStorms May 2018 #3

Botany

(70,483 posts)
1. I might be wrong but I have no doubt that Trump's attorneys do not want him to sit down w/Mueller
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:26 PM
May 2018

n/t

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
2. Mueller listed 16 topics to discuss with him.
Thu May 24, 2018, 07:53 PM
May 2018

I doubt he could discuss even two on one of his better days. 16...forget it! No deal.

SergeStorms

(19,192 posts)
3. His lawyers tried two "sample" questions....
Thu May 24, 2018, 09:43 PM
May 2018

on Trump, and it took them something like six hours for Trump to make it through those, and he didn't answer the questions well, either. Trump can't stay on point with a teleprompter in front of him. Trump can't stay on a subject for more than 30 seconds before he wanders all over the map and talks about everything BUT what he's supposed to be talking about. He has the attention span of a gnat on crystal meth.

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