Mueller is Pushing, Trump Wants to Go Under Oath

In the past months, Mueller’s investigators have reportedly zeroed in on the question of whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice by firing Comey.

Trump eventually backed down, and McGahn stayed at the White House. His lawyers expect it will happen in “about two to three weeks”, Trump said.

Top Republicans have also downplayed reports that Trump was considering firing Mueller. Officials have also said that Trump was well aware the Russian Federation investigation would continue with or without Comey.

The special counsel is also thought to be probing whether Trump sought to interfere with the Justice Department’s Russian Federation investigation.

If the New York Times report is true, this was a lie.

“I don’t recall making that inquiry”, Trump stated, including that he doesn’t perceive what the “major ordeal” is about such a question.

“It all centers around the Mueller investigation”. They have also asked witnesses in recent weeks about whether Trump has tried to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom he has publicly criticized.

One person said that Mueller’s team has asked about Trump’s private comments around key events and how he explained decisions.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in February that Yates merely wanted to give McGahn a “heads up” and that McGahn “informed the President immediately”.

Responding to queries if he thought the interrogation would be fair, Trump said: “We are going to find out”.

Prior Wednesday, White House squeeze secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposed that the president’s request that there was “no agreement” with Russian Federation doesn’t imply that Moscow didn’t meddle with the election. “The president has not even discussed that… he has not discussed firing Bob Mueller”, Conway said.

The last document collection lawmakers on Capitol Hill received came in late September, and some documents were withheld because they were privileged material, the White House lawyers’ overview said.

Taking a step further, on the second day in a row of blockbuster disclosures about the Mueller probe, Trump offered to do the interview under oath.

“That is a sign to me people perceive this ship has sprung a leak and it’s time to make themselves look good”, the attorney said. And I would too if I were president!

“Let’s get them out there for everyone to see”, Grassley said.

The Times also reported that Trump considered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and elevating Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand to oversee Mueller’s investigation.

The rare bipartisan move brings the focus, at least momentarily, back to the initial subject of several different congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and whether Trump’s campaign was involved.

Trump said his declaration could occur inside a little while. And there’s much we don’t know about the exact circumstances about how an interview as part of Mueller’s investigation would be conducted: whether or not it would be under oath, for example, or whether it would be recorded for a transcript or video. Both men are pleading not guilty.

Mueller has indicted multiple former associates of the president, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador.