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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcGahn cooperated with Mueller out of fear Trump was setting him up to take fall for obstruction
This is quite a @nytmike @maggieNYT story:
Trumps White House counsel Don McGahn decided to cooperate extensively with Mueller out of fear Trump was setting him up to take the fall for obstruction, NYT reports; Trump may not be aware:
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heads up, maggieNYT wrote this (we know her source), hmmmmm
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McGahn cooperated with Mueller out of fear Trump was setting him up to take fall for obstruction (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2018
OP
According to the article, his lawyers at that time believed he had done nothing wrong
marylandblue
Aug 2018
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triron
(21,880 posts)2. This story has some paradoxical (to me) components.
Why would Trump approve the cooperation based on his other seemingly obstructive actions??
Goodheart
(5,211 posts)4. White House counsel works for the Executive Branch, not for Trump personally.
triron
(21,880 posts)7. But my question still stands.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)8. Same reason he has Giullani out speaking for him.
Trump can't put himself into other people's shoes, he is too narcissistic for that, so he he accepts what they tell him, until their "disloyalty" becomes evident to him.
As the NYT puts it:
It is not clear that Mr. Trump appreciates the extent to which Mr. McGahn has cooperated with the special counsel. The president wrongly believed that Mr. McGahn would act as a personal lawyer would for clients and solely defend his interests to investigators, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)6. According to the article, his lawyers at that time believed he had done nothing wrong
So they advised cooperation and he took their advice. His new lawyers are under no such illusions.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. I don't think McGahn has security clearance
credentials. oops.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)5. Those who betray republican comrade Dirty Donny* are being loyal to the USA
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief