jillian
Princess
no doubt the trumpeters will cry copious crocodile tears over this.
The special counsel has received handwritten notes from Mr. Trumpās former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, showing that Mr. Trump talked to Mr. Priebus about how he had called Mr. Comey to urge him to say publicly that he was not under investigation. The presidentās determination to fire Mr. Comey even led one White House lawyer to take the extraordinary step of misleading Mr. Trump about whether he had the authority to remove him.
The New York Times has also learned that four days before Mr. Comey was fired, one of Mr. Sessionsās aides asked a congressional staff member whether he had damaging information about Mr. Comey, part of an apparent effort to undermine the F.B.I. director. It was not clear whether Mr. Muellerās investigators knew about this episode.
Mr. Mueller has also been examining a false statement that the president dictated on Air Force One in July in response to an article in The Times about a meeting that Trump campaign officials had with Russians in 2016. A new book, āFire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,ā by Michael Wolff, says that the presidentās lawyers believed that the statement was āan explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigationās gears,ā and that it led one of Mr. Trumpās spokesmen to quit because he believed it was obstruction of justice.
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trumpās Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation
The special counsel has received handwritten notes from Mr. Trumpās former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, showing that Mr. Trump talked to Mr. Priebus about how he had called Mr. Comey to urge him to say publicly that he was not under investigation. The presidentās determination to fire Mr. Comey even led one White House lawyer to take the extraordinary step of misleading Mr. Trump about whether he had the authority to remove him.
The New York Times has also learned that four days before Mr. Comey was fired, one of Mr. Sessionsās aides asked a congressional staff member whether he had damaging information about Mr. Comey, part of an apparent effort to undermine the F.B.I. director. It was not clear whether Mr. Muellerās investigators knew about this episode.
Mr. Mueller has also been examining a false statement that the president dictated on Air Force One in July in response to an article in The Times about a meeting that Trump campaign officials had with Russians in 2016. A new book, āFire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,ā by Michael Wolff, says that the presidentās lawyers believed that the statement was āan explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigationās gears,ā and that it led one of Mr. Trumpās spokesmen to quit because he believed it was obstruction of justice.
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trumpās Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation
