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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsomfg. Trump thought White House Counsel Don McGahn would act as his personal attorney.
Link to tweet
Baitball Blogger
(46,746 posts)pulled all the stops?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)functions and/or operates. Remember, he thought the AG was "his" lawyer, too.
They_Live
(3,236 posts)is "his".
klook
(12,159 posts)who played a large part in making sure the FEC was toothless when he was a member. Still, like all Republican scumbags, he values his own skin more than anything else. So if cornered, he may well tell damaging truths about Agent Orange.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,761 posts)means Trump can't claim attorney-client privilege. Same reason John Dean was able to testify against Nixon, and we saw what happened after that.
Nevilledog
(51,137 posts)I believe Dean was able to testify because he was engaging in criminal activity with Nixon. Crime Fraud exception super-sized. Found an interesting article about this issue.
Can White House counsel McGahn claim client privilege in Mueller probe?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-otc-privilege/can-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-claim-client-privilege-in-mueller-probe-idUSKCN1BT2MX
Perseus
(4,341 posts)for the investigation. Dean was also involved in corruption with the Nixon crew...the famous "Enemy List" was one of Dean's chores.
spanone
(135,851 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)If it has/had a pulse, then it worked for him.
Wounded Bear
(58,673 posts)it's at the root of all that "fer me or agin me" thinking.
wishstar
(5,270 posts)McGahn successfully steered Trump through the campaign when there were attempts to keep him off ballots and other matters so no doubt Trump trusts his abilities to keep him in WH too and avoid pitfalls.
underpants
(182,844 posts)As he is said to have said at the beginning of the Mueller probe
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)He thinks EVERYONE works for him now.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)If Trump's ultimate downfall came due to his ignorance of basic civics?
It would serve him - and his equally imbecilic followers - right.
FakeNoose
(32,659 posts)...but I don't believe McGahn will do anything to help Mueller's investigation either.
If anything he'll help Cheeto save his ass as long as possible. At least he understands that if he does anything illegal, he's in trouble too. Nobody else in the White House seems to get it.
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)First the author Haberman has written many storys that take Trumps side I suspect her source for this piece is Gulliani so I expect that she is doing her part for Trump as she has done these last 18 months.
Next MgGahn is attorney for OFFICE of pres not pres himself so he has no information on what Trump does behind the scenes. The office of pres did not colluded with Russia D Trump did so MgGahn can talk all week he knows nothing because he didn't need to.
Trump has whitewashed every single document before it was releases to the GC. Remember the Cohen videos Trump team go access to them before trial, they know what they are doing when it comes to controlling information.
Remember all NDSs? Trump knows the only way him and the mob can pull off the mob taking control of western institutions is if they control the information and Trump, probably with the help of a few russkies has learned how to control information.
Finally what is the reason Haberman and Trump posted this right now? First this article has allowed Trump to control what cable news talks about this weekend and 2nd Trump can now say "see I gave up all the documents presidential restrictions on the questions the SC could as MgGahn so Trump must be innocent if they have no smoking gun". paraphrase.
Hold on everyone we are picking up speed as we near the bottom of this slippery slope
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,797 posts)n/t
TeamPooka
(24,232 posts)When his lawyers worked for trumpCo they were there to protect trump personally so of course the idiot assumed this because he has no idea how any part of our government actually works.
Putin picked the wrong guy to destroy America.