Mueller Said To Be “Close To Completion” Of Trump Obstruction Probe
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 03/12/2018
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal surprised its readers by reporting that President Donald Trump’s legal team was working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to reach an early close to his Russia probe, using the possibility of an interview with the president (and the implicit threat of Trump quashing the probe) as leverage to force Mueller into some kind of deal that, by the sound of it, would probably see Trump accept a slap on the wrist.
However, no sooner had the WSJ story dropped than the New York Times appeared to negate it with a report of its own, penned by “Trump whisperer” Maggie Haberman. In it, Haberman writes that Trump is in talks to hire the veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial. In its story, the NYT specifically reported that – if accurate – the hiring of attorney Emmet Flood would suggest that the prbe is unlikely to end anytime soon.
President Trump is in discussions with a veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during the impeachment process about joining the White House to help deal with the special counsel inquiry, according to four people familiar with the matter.
The lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office this past week to discuss the possibility, according to the people. No final decision has been made, according to two of the people.
Should Mr. Flood come on board, the two people said, his main duties would be a day-to-day role helping the president navigate his dealings with the Justice Department.
Two people close to the president said that the overture to Mr. Flood did not indicate any new concerns about the inquiry. Still, it appears, at the least, to be an acknowledgment that the investigation is unlikely to end anytime soon.
The NYT report infuriated Trump, who issued a scathing tweet accusing the paper of fabricating lies about him.
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