Bloomberg Law
April 19, 2019, 11:30 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: McGahn Told Trump, ‘Real Lawyers’ Take Notes, Mueller Report Says

  • President Donald Trump’s former top White House lawyer Don McGahn, who’s back at Jones Day as a partner, turns out to be a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether the president obstructed justice. Mueller’s report, released yesterday, details how efforts by Trump to halt the special counsel’s probe were thwarted by McGahn and other administration officials. (BN via BLAW) In the report, McGahn recounts Trump asking him why he took notes of their conversations, and insisting that his other lawyers didn’t do that. McGahn responded that he was a “real lawyer” and explained ...

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