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Mueller floated subpoena for Trump in legal team meeting: report | TheHill

posted onMay 2, 2018
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Article snippet: Special counsel The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Mueller made the comment in response to the Trump legal team’s argument during a March meeting that the president wasn’t obligated to speak with federal investigators in the probe into Russian election interference, according to the Post. “This isn’t some game,” Trump’s then-lawyer John Dowd reportedly replied. “You are screwing with the work of the president of the United States.” Those questions were based off the topics that investigators told Trump’s lawyers they wanted to discuss with the president. The list of questions, which The New York Times first reported Monday night, includes inquiries about the decisions to fire national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director MORE; whether Trump communicated with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the campaign; and the president's reported attempts to fire Mueller. "What knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by reportedly met with Mueller last week to discuss details of a possible interview with the president. “Hopefully we’re getting near the end. We all on both sides have some important decisions to make,” Giuliani told the Post on Tuesday. “I still have a totally open mind on what the right strategy is, which we’ll develop in the next few weeks.” A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment to the Post for its report Tuesday. Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow and Dowd both also declined to comment. The Hill 1625 ... Link to the full article to read more

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