Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe may be preparing to report on obstruction of justice.
NBC News reported Thursday, “Three sources familiar with the investigation said the findings Mueller has collected on Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice include: His intent to fire former FBI Director James Comey; his role in the crafting of a misleading public statement on the nature of a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son and Russians; Trump’s dangling of pardons before grand jury witnesses who might testify against him; and pressuring Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.”
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow tweeted Thursday:
Scoop here from NBC: Mueller likely to report at least four “findings” on Trump and obstruction of justice, including dangling pardons to grand jury witnesses:https://t.co/r8jtJ2q87j
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 12, 2018
https://t.co/r8jtJ2q87j pic.twitter.com/aWo1MkYSJG
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 12, 2018
NBC News also reported that Mueller and Trump will likely not have a sit down interview following the raid on Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
Mueller’s office and Trump’s legal team are now proceeding with strategies that presume a presidential interview will likely *not* take place as part of the Russia probe, after talks between the two sides collapsed earlier this week, NBC News reports. https://t.co/Py23Qq1l8r
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 12, 2018