President Donald Trump and his legal team have begun going over potential topics that may be brought up in a prospective interview with special counsel Robert Mueller, CNN reported Friday evening.
According to a White House official and a source familiar with the proceedings who spoke with CNN, the measures being taken to prepare Trump for an interview are still “in its infancy.” Trump has not formally agreed to do an interview, though he has publicly expressed willingness and enthusiasm to meet with the special counsel.
Trump’s dwindling legal team has been in communication with Mueller’s investigators for months, debating potential topics that Mueller could ask the President. According to CNN’s sources, those topics include Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, the attorney general’s role in that firing and Trump’s awareness of calls between his former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian ambassador before Trump took office.
If only it were to be televised. Grocery stores would be sold out of popcorn.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Must be funnier than Monty Python.
Where’s Roy Cohn? Can the President take the Fifth?
With Sekolow? Cohen? … Beuller? … Bueller?
I recall reading about the futile debate prep sessions Trump had. Ala no attention, talking about self, throw up hands (candidate and those attempting to prep him) - and imagine this will be much the same. Well, not quite. One imagines that those leading the debate prep had some experience/competency in political debates. Here - even the lawyers (who?) have experience with this sort of interview.
I never thought I would say this, but…John Dowd was right. There’s tremendous legal jeopardy for Dump to talk to Mueller. I can’t believe any competent lawyers would let this happen, unless there really is no choice.
Maybe they think they can head off a subpoena by doing this? Idk…