Former White House Counsel Don McGahn and Donald Trump Jr. never testified before Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury in the Russia probe, according to newly released court documents from the Justice Department.
The document, made publicly available on Sunday, is part of the department’s court battle with the House Judiciary Committee over the release of grand jury materials in Muller’s investigation.
In the filing, Associate Deputy Attorney General for the DOJ Bradley Weinsheimer formally declares that neither McGahn nor Don Jr., two of the most pivotal figures in the Russia scandal, gave testimonies in front of Mueller’s grand jury.
“Don McGahn did not testify before the grand jury,” the document states, followed by redacted text in the paragraph, then: “Donald Trump, Jr. also did not testify before the grand jury.”
Read the filing, first posted by the Hill, below:
I’d still like Mueller to explain why he never charged Jr., then. That bullshit of him “not knowing” that what he was doing was wrong was belied by his own e-mail traffic that he released, where the dangle specifically said that it was part of the russian government’s support for trump.
McGahn…
“He was attracted to the Dark Side of the Force”
No John Dean , he…
I don’t know if Mueller’s hands were tied in some way or if the investigation was a sham. Mueller seems by the book, but he also did not get aggressive in forcing people to testify. His adherence to the rules so tightly allowed him to be manipulated and his entire investigation compromised. We cannot have justice if powerful people can just declare they are not cooperating and we just give them a pass. This entire investigation has shown a fragility to our democracy that is deeply disturbing.
Yes there are holes in the whole thing. Hopefully more light will be shed as investigations continue.
The single-most important eyewitness to Trump obstructing justice…
Who quit rather than follow an illegal order to fire Mueller…
Never even called to testify.
Who (cough) Barr (cough) prevented it?
(So…when does he get a House subpoena?)