Posted on 03/09/2018 1:19:38 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s lawyers are seeking to negotiate a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that uses an interview with the president as leverage to spur a conclusion to the Russia investigation, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
The president’s legal team is considering telling Mr. Mueller that Mr. Trump would agree to a sit-down interview based on multiple considerations, including that the special counsel commit to a date for concluding at least the Trump-related portion of the investigation. One idea is to suggest a deadline of 60 days from the date of the interview, the person said.
Another consideration for the legal team is reaching an agreement with Mr. Mueller on the scope of his questioning of the president, which they expect to focus largely on his decision to fire former national security adviser Mike Flynn and former FBI director James Comey, according to people familiar with the matter.
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How about a deadline to charge Hillary, Comey, Strozk, et al in the bigger scam? Turn the tables! Soon!
“according to a person familiar with the discussions”
Stopped reading right there.
Un-named sources = complete BS
Agreed—Mueller should be hauled off to prison, Trump shouldn’t be agreeing to be interrogated by his partisan sharks!
Trump would have to believe that Mueller would honor any such agreement and actually end the investigation.
Nobody is that stupid.
I think the Dems should pay for this Mueller Scam , the Team is all Democrats
“Trump would have to believe that Mueller would honor any such agreement and actually end the investigation.”
In fact that is not under Mueller’s control.
It’s 100% Rosenstein’s decision as long as Congress funds it.
And Congress could withdraw funding at any time.
As Roger Stone said a few months ago, Trump’s lawyers are marching him towards the gallows. If this ‘report’ is true, nothing has changed on that front.
no no no no NO NO NO!!!!!
Mueller does NOT want an end to his investigation!
He wants to drag this out to drip-drip-drip incriminating-sounding stuff just before the November midterms and beyond.
Letting him interview Trump would just be giving him ammo to do MORE of this.
The proper way to end this investigation is to FIRE JEFF SESSIONS and then have the new AG FIRE MUELLER.
That guy is always talking! He's in every article.
How many times have you underestimated Trump?
Mueller was a bad pick, can’t trust him to do what is right as he is too close to Comey, the FBI and Hillary.
And you would trust Mueller to uphold any deal?
Since that approach worked so well for Nixon.
Best approach for Trump is continue to MAGA. When all is said and done, the Democrats are going to rue the day they called for a special counsel.
” reaching an agreement with Mr. Mueller on the scope of his questioning of the president, which they expect to focus largely on his decision to fire former national security adviser Mike Flynn and former FBI director James Comey”
This is clearly within his Constitutional powers and not subject to review by some lower level executive branch lawyer.
If the Mueller investigation does nothing else, it provides content for 24/7/365 media reporting. And if it lasts until the mid-term elections, it will have served its basic purpose.
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