Charlies Savage on "Why Answering Mueller’s Questions Could Be a Minefield for Trump"
Charlie Savage's latest for the NY Times is on why President Trump would need a detailed command of a range of issues to answer questions from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
❝ President Trump has insisted he is eager to make the case to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that he has done nothing wrong. But the questions that Mr. Mueller wants to ask show why the president’s lawyers have countered that an interview would be a minefield for Mr. Trump.
It is not just that the president has a history of telling demonstrable falsehoods, while the special counsel has already won four guilty pleas for the crime of lying to investigators. The questions would pose additional challenges for Mr. Trump, legal experts said.
Many of Mr. Mueller’s questions, obtained and published by The New York Times, are so broad that Mr. Trump would need a detailed command of a range of issues. And, complicating efforts to try to adequately prepare him for such an encounter, the president’s lawyers do not know everything that the special counsel has learned. [NYTimes.com]
| CHARLIE SAVAGE is a Pulitzer Prize winning Washington correspondent for the New York Times and author. Watch him deliver a keynote based on his book Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency below, and learn more about booking Charlie for your next event today. |
