| Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=45992"><span class="small">Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Thursday, 08 March 2018 14:08 |
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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."
Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel08 March 18
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. |
| Last Updated on Thursday, 08 March 2018 14:41 |
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.