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NYT: White House Counsel Donald McGahn Cooperating with Mueller Probe

HeadlineAug 20, 2018

The New York Times reports White House counsel Donald McGahn has been cooperating with the Mueller investigation. The Times reports McGahn sat down for 30 hours of voluntary interviews over the past nine months as part of Mueller’s investigation into President Trump’s possible obstruction of justice. In an ongoing tweetstorm, which began Sunday, Trump attacked The New York Times, tweeting, “The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite–& the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!” This morning Trump also tweeted, “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency…”

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