When the New York Times broke is story that the White House counsel was talking extensively to the special prosecutor (of course based upon unnamed "sources"), we got speculation that he was providing details about possible obstruction of justice by the President. Judging from the past, I didn't believe it was a true story, and I wrote about that yesterday. Today, we seem to be getting a great deal of verification that my take on the story was the correct one.
Rudy Giuliani was asked about the story and said it seemed to him to be a sign of desperation by the Mueller team. He said that the President was well aware that McGahn had spent time talking to the Mueller team. He also said that he thought the Mueller team was trying to lure the President into sitting down with them by first leaking a story indicating that McGahn was cooperating so that Mr. Trump would want to talk to set the record straight.
This morning, President Trump tweeted that he had allowed McGahn and all others the Mueller team had requested to talk to the special prosecutor. He also called the idea that McGahn had turned on him Fake News and said that the reporters on the story from the Times knew that.
The key, of course, is that the fact that McGahn spoke to the special prosecutor is uncontested but also nothing surprising. If the Special Prosecutor wanted to coordinate receipt of documents and witnesses from the White House, that would go through McGahn. On the other hand, the idea that McGahn had "flipped" on Trump is just speculation, and some rather unbelievable speculation at that.
Rudy Giuliani was asked about the story and said it seemed to him to be a sign of desperation by the Mueller team. He said that the President was well aware that McGahn had spent time talking to the Mueller team. He also said that he thought the Mueller team was trying to lure the President into sitting down with them by first leaking a story indicating that McGahn was cooperating so that Mr. Trump would want to talk to set the record straight.
This morning, President Trump tweeted that he had allowed McGahn and all others the Mueller team had requested to talk to the special prosecutor. He also called the idea that McGahn had turned on him Fake News and said that the reporters on the story from the Times knew that.
The key, of course, is that the fact that McGahn spoke to the special prosecutor is uncontested but also nothing surprising. If the Special Prosecutor wanted to coordinate receipt of documents and witnesses from the White House, that would go through McGahn. On the other hand, the idea that McGahn had "flipped" on Trump is just speculation, and some rather unbelievable speculation at that.
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