Mueller Wants Air Force One Phone Records: Report
Dozens of calls were made from Air Force One while Donald Trump dictated the statement about Trump Jr’s Russia meeting.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s document request to the White House included a demand for phone records from Air Force One, Politico is reporting.
The revelation is important because it is alleged that President Trump dictated the public statement from his son Donald Trump Jr. aboard Air Force One after it was reported that he met with a Kremlin lawyer at Trump Tower during the campaign.
According to reports, advisors to the president pressed him to disclose the full details and nature of Trump Jr.’s meeting, however, Trump rejected that advice. The statement that was released was filled with falsehoods and was quickly revealed to be a lie.
The statement is an important aspect of proving a cover-up that would be part of an obstruction of justice charge.
As the Politico report notes:
The statement about the Trump Tower meeting, written on the return from a European summit earlier this year, touched off a frenzy inside the White House, with dozens of phone calls from Air Force One and back in Washington and New York.
It came as the New York Times was preparing to report about the meeting between Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Manafort and Russians at Trump Tower, which was arranged after one of the Russians had promised “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. None of the people who attended have been accused of wrongdoing.
Read the full Politico report here.
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