Spicer, Priebus, Hicks among six current and former Trump aides Mueller has expressed interest in...
Source: The Washington Post
Spicer, Priebus, Hicks among six current and former Trump aides Mueller has expressed interest in interviewing for Russia probe
By Carol D. Leonnig, Rosalind S. Helderman and Ashley Parker September 8 at 3:27 PM
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has alerted the White House that his team will likely seek to interview six top current and former advisers to President Trump who were witnesses to several episodes relevant to the investigation of Russias meddling in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the request.
Muellers interest in the aides, including trusted adviser Hope Hicks, ex-press secretary Sean Spicer and former chief of staff Reince Priebus, reflects how the probe that has dogged Trumps presidency is starting to penetrate a closer circle of aides around the president.
Each of the six advisers was privy to important internal discussions that have drawn the interest of Muellers investigators, including his decision in May to fire FBI Director James B. Comey and the White Houses initial inaction following warnings that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had withheld information from the public about his private discussions in December with Russias ambassador to the United States, according to people familiar with the probe.
The advisers are also connected to a series of internal documents that Muellers investigators have asked the White House to produce, according to people familiar with the special counsels inquiry.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/spicer-priebus-hicks-among-six-current-and-former-trump-aides-mueller-has-expressed-interest-in-interviewing-for-russia-probe/2017/09/08/3b32779e-949a-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?utm_term=.3bad8897f555&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation&wpmk=1
underpants
(182,774 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)"A series of internal documents that Mueller's special investigators have ASKED the White House to produce"?
What's to prevent Trump from just saying "No to the interviews and the internal documents Mueller wants?
Mueller already has issued subpoenas - will he have to do so for this?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)Follow the dominoes up to the top of Trump Tower.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)kids cell phone too, bet they used the kids devices.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)But I doubt the others do. Unless we are to assume that Trump just recklessly included unnecessary staff on his criminal conspiracy plans.
And all of these people are going to sit with Mueller's team with 20 lawyers on staff telling them what to say. Most of them will have prepared answers that they read in response to questions. It's not going to be like the OJ depositions or Law & Order.