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Excerpt: "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."

President Trump sought information from two witnesses about matters they had discussed with the special counsel's office. (photo: Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
President Trump sought information from two witnesses about matters they had discussed with the special counsel's office. (photo: Tom Brenner/The New York Times)


Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel

By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times

08 March 18

 

he 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.


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