NYT: White House asked Don McGahn to say Trump didn’t obstruct justice

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NY Times reports that White House officials asked Don McGahn, fmr. White House counsel, “to say publicly that he never believed the president obstructed justice,' according to two people briefed on the requests.

 

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Why is trump not in jail yet?

Obstruction!

Mr Don McGahn is Mr Trump's (John Dean)..... and we all know how that ended... prolonging Mr Trump's departure is just like putting off pulling out a painful bad tooth.....you know you have to make that trip to the dentist....why wait!

Cause it’s the truth...he didn’t act & Trump dropped it...what part confuses you! So when will you expect Dems rants to cause their impeachment? Think that being accused of treason, for which penalty is death is a good reason...also reason prevailed right, Mueller report issued!

Because trump did obstruct.

The Republic is changing into a Re_Pubic. We just need to shave the top, but there are no razors sharp enough - we may have to try a hacksaw.

Question: If the president says the Mueller report states he’s exonerated, why does he NEED a letter from his (former) lawyer to say he’s exonerated? Answer: Because he’s guilty, & a LIAR!

RIP msnbc ...

Good grief... did any of you actually READ the article or just spew the slanted spin of a biased media. There was NOTHING to this! SMDH Keep it up though and help trump2020

DonMcGahn is trying to be too cute, especially for an attorney! Arrest his ass! 🤨 ContemptOfCongress ObstructionOfJustice GettingOnMyNerves

We have the best president. They r so low they can’t handle there no leaders

Between MSNBC and NYT you couldn’t find two words of truth if your life depended on it.

Tampering with witnesses!

that is why he resigned....to not have to suck the presidents ego...the orange man has to go....indict the underlings....let's see how well they do with threats of jailtime

If that was the case,democRATS would B charging POTUS this very moment Why haven’t they? Bcuz McGahn testimony 30 hrs of it says otherwise During Barr’s testimony it was revealed EnemyOfThePeople nytimes purposely Lied&Misrepresented McGahn words Don’t drink da kol-aid MAGA

Why if Trump is so innocent? NOT EXONERATED!

Trump has to go, period! He's killing this country.

ImpeachmentHearingsNOW

Ok, so ? Is this News ? Just tabloid journalism

According to three sources MSNBC made this up.

SpeakerPelosi If not now, when Speaker? How long is this going to last? Our democracy is on life support with POTUS’s hand on the plug... Democrats power to act is beginning to fade rapidly...if democracy is to be maintained, HouseDemocrats MUST act. We’re losing hope, fast.

Well if the nytimes says it’s true then it must be. Not.

The cesspool never stops!

I respect honest people!!!

New York Enquirer

Please name the sources or this is only a potential lie. The corporate media can not be allowed to attempt to impeach a President using anonymous (ie made up) sources. THIS is one of the many reasons a CORPORATE controlled press is the peoples enemy, as they bring only fascism.

And of course Trumptards keep on supporting and applauding Trump, even though he spouts ridiculous facts and lies! Just watching Trump on TV makes me sick! But they think he’s great! Idiots!

Fake News Again!

Philippe Reines is absolutely right (on All In with Chris Hayes)

MSNBC....it doesn’t mater what mcghan thinks. It matters what mueller, Barr and Rosenstein think. NoObstruction

Trump interfered and obstructed from day one you'd have to be a fool not to see that

We need this man to tell the truth. Our nation may hang in the balance.

More pseudo news reports. America is over you. Your overreach is your weakness and it’s backfiring. Again. Thank you

nytimes comes up w/another of their many fake anonymous lies & t/ MSM Dem propaganda machine falls in line. People know you Liars just make up negative stories on this president. You’re pushing for 2020 because Trump is a very effective GOP President & you can’t win. Cheaters

Yawn

You're being lied to again, and most of you are believing it again. How can you be so stupid to follow lies for two years, and still believe every biased story they report on without researching?

Sheep. You can't witness tamper or obstruct Justice for a crime that was never committed. To tell him Mueller should be fired because of a conflict of interest. is totally different to him actually firing him.

No decency in this WhiteHouse

“Two people briefed”😜. Anonymous source is on the move again.

Well I guess there are still some resistance in the WH. Let there be more.

The thing that is most astounding is how the GOP legislators have given their testicles over to Trump and therefore say nothing about any of this. I hope their ancestors have the Hell embarrassed for all time for their failure to stand up for their country.

Like I said Mueller can clear all this up, why is Nadler covering for Mueller.

Out-in-the-open obstruction of justice.

This was leaked by Trump* himself. And watta ya gunna do about it eh?

FISAGate

realDonaldTrump more obstruction by Donald Slump! And the party formerly known as the GOP remain silent. What a weak and putrid bunch! History will reflect them accurately and it won’t make their ancestors proud!

Boy!!!! If Don McGahn testify before Congress I don’t see him given Pres. Trump any favors or fallen on a knife. If these reports are true this could be a treasure trove of information coming from Don McGahn, this might be a straight line to obstruction.

According to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, the NYT publishes Fake News from unnamed sources familiar with the matter. We're very confident in the accuracy of this reporting, as it has been confirmed by multiple unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

All fake news!!

Heck...45 is getting away with EVERYTHING! What makes this any different? Nothing is being done about it!!! Guilliani was jus on tv today calling out for Ukraine to assist with bringing down Joe Biden. This admin is corrupt!!!!!

Why had the WH even had to ask him to say all this if there wasn’t obstruction at all?

Of course he did.

It's clear the POTUS has criminalintent when he tries to obstruct justice AGAIN. No wonder why realDonaldTrump does not want McGahn to testify: CBSNews ImpeachTrump IndictTrump

Witness tampering and obstruction.

Hey Ms. maddow, if the reports are true and the WH/Trump recently asked McGahn about obstruction of justice does this reset the clock for charging Trump w/ a crime?

More obstruction of justice! Surprise, surprise.

Sure..

At least one person in the WH has a conscience and respects the rule of law. Thank you McGahn.

Trumps M.O. -- Lie your A$$ off and get others to cover for your lies. Thankfully there are still one or two people in our government who put their country ahead of one corrupt man.

Who cares?

Witness tampering wow!

According to two people... WHO?

If i was McGahn I'd very publicly tell the TRUTH. I'd say hell yeah, he obstructed left and right.

Because it didnt. Move on & pass laws Congress, help American Lives & stop wasting time,air & taxpayer $$$

JUST KEEP LYING FOR THE CRIMINAL CON AND YOUR DAY IN PRISON WILL SOON BE HERE ASK MANAFORT AND COHEN

No not the White House not those good folks that locked kids in cages and created a fake national emergency.... no....

Hmmm surprised? Nope.

making truth & law meaningless. DARVO DENY, ATTACK, REVERSE VICTIM, OFFENDER a strategy used by criminals when accused of a crime,TrumpMob strategy. they reverse victim. create DOUBLESPEAK. they are reversing all they did on Clinton and USA to act like victim, subvert truth

Nothing surprises me about the Trump administration.

Wall Street Journal reports that the president sought to have McGahn 'say that he didn’t believe the president’s push to dismiss the special counsel constituted a crime,' and that McGahn 'rebuffed the request,' according to people familiar with the matter.

'two people briefed' 👆🏼😂🤣 'Journalism.'

Give it up. It’s over. You lost. Move on.

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