Comments by "Dominic Pelle" (@dominicpelle7841) on "Political fallout from Paul Manafort's plea deal" video.
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As the New York Times reported earlier this month, McGahn has provided three separate interviews, totaling 30 hours’ worth of testimony, to Mueller’s team about topics including Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, his public and private bashing of Sessions, and his attempts to fire Mueller. = OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
*McGahn cooperated with the special counsel’s prosecutors willingly, reportedly fearing that Trump was setting him up to take the fall for obstruction of justice, much like John Dean, Richard M. Nixon’s White House counsel, who pleaded guilty to obstruction charges but eventually cooperated in the Watergate investigation. In August, Trump said McGahn is not a “John Dean type ‘RAT,’” and that he allowed him to testify because he has “nothing to hide.”**
Beyond his dealings with the Russia probe, McGahn dutifully carried out the GOP’s agenda to get conservative justices confirmed to the bench, and he’ll depart after likely succeeding in getting Trump’s second Supreme Court pick seat. At least some on Capitol Hill seemed upset by the news of McGahn’s departure, including Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley:
To the IGNORANT ... McGahn is the White House Counsel .. he works for the PEOPLE not Trump.. as does the FBI/CIA/NSA/DOJ.. IDIOTS Trump is NOT the BOSS. The People are.
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