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[Blizzard]

Trump poisons his glass.

That's the first thing that came to my mind. If I were Mueller I'd be looking out for polonium snacks being served at the meeting, from Russia with love.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Is he willing to die his hair for the movie?

That role is made for Robert Redford

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

That's my point though. It is an active investigation for obstruction of justice. Lawyers speaking directly with investigators unless requested is generally not the usual process and potentially misconduct.

The FBI has never formally announced that they are investigating the president for obstruction of justice. We have deeply sourced articles that state that he is part of the ongoing investigation, but it is not official. Trump's lawyers cannot be committing malpractice for offering information into one investigation (the Russia thing) that may contradict another investigation (the obstruction thing) that doesn't exist.

As always with goings-on with this stuff, there are things that we "know" because they were revealed to the press, and things we know because they were aired out publicly in a hearing or by one of the president's tweets/interviews.

Trump's lawyers are attempting to do this now for likely quite a few reasons, one being that they want Trump to appear willing/innocent, 2) the investigation is underway so Mueller likely has an incomplete timeline, 3) they want to get a potential inkling of what he knows, 4) the president gets to 'answer questions' while not under oath.

Even a PR statement like "The FBI has not confirmed that the president is under investigation, fake news" would be seen as a win for Donald.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Best explanation

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/918449526222016512

Also this...

In any event, this tells us what I’ve long expected—Mueller will interview Trump, who is currently a subject of the investigation. /end

lol

Was Trump being under investigation all speculation before? and this pretty much confirms it?

 

[sc0la]

Is he stupid enough to ask Mueller to let the whole Flynn / Manafort stuff, that they are “good guys”?

 

[jakonovski]

I can't believe no one did this.

 

[Epsilon-delta]

I can't believe no one did this.

You knew every time Columbo did this, the person being questioned was done for.

 

[Plinko]

Mueller isn't falling for this. It's an old tactic.

Mueller is Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Trump's lawyers are treating him like he's Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

 

[jstripes]

"It would be wonderful if you could reassure the public that I'm not under investigation."

"I'll tell the public what they need to know when they need to know it."

 

[Dirca]

is it happening?

Nope. Not anytime soon. Maybe by 3rd year in, but nothing happening now. He's got one shot at this, needs to make sure his evidence is solid.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Maybe Trump's lawyers think that if Mueller just sits down and talks to the president for a bit he'll be won over by his boyish charm and drop the entire investigation?

Spoiler

Bwahahaha!

 

[KingV]

This seems like a fucking Hail Mary where they know they are fucked.

Lying to Mueller is a crime. It seems the height of a dangerous plan to put a client who has already been caught committing perjury in the past, is known for lying publically and flagrantly, and can barely read a 5 minute speech off of a piece of paper without making a false statement to Offer an interview with Mueller.

I suspect this means that they know they can’t avoid it, so they have to do it now.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I can't believe no one did this.

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