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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 06:43 PM Jan 2018

Trump's legal spokesman quit upon concluding he'd personally witnessed Trump obstructing justice

Former Trump legal team spokesman reportedly quit because he believed statement on Trump Tower meeting was obstruction of justice

Excerpts from journalist Michael Wolff's book on President Donald Trump's White House claim Trump's legal team spokesman resigned because he feared that the president's meeting aboard Air Force One in July 2017 represented obstruction of justice.

Trump had dictated a misleading statement about the substance of a July 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, Donald Trump Jr., other campaign operatives, and Russians.

Several members of Trump's top staff were either present at the meeting or were nearby.



A meeting aboard Air Force One during which President Donald Trump dictated a misleading statement to Donald Trump Jr. about a July 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer reportedly prompted the spokesman for the president's legal team, Mark Corallo, to quit.

Corallo reportedly feared the Air Force One meeting represented obstruction of justice
, according to several key excerpts from journalist Michael Wolff's upcoming book on the Trump administration.

Corallo reportedly discussed his reason for his departure with Wolff in private.

The Air Force One meeting, which took place while Trump was flying back from Germany on July 8, was called in response to reports that Trump's son, Trump Jr., had met with a Russian government lawyer in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential election. The statement that came out of the Air Force One discussion said that the topic of the meeting with the Russian lawyer was child adoptions, but days later Trump Jr. admitted he had agreed to the meeting after being promised "dirt" on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.






http://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-spokesman-quit-because-he-thought-air-force-one-meeting-was-obstruction-of-justice-2018-1
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Trump's legal spokesman quit upon concluding he'd personally witnessed Trump obstructing justice (Original Post) kpete Jan 2018 OP
Is Mark Corallo still alive? gratuitous Jan 2018 #1
He is, but he's eating at McDonald's so he won't be poisoned. Jim Lane Jan 2018 #5
Wow, someone with govt ethics on the moron's team?! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #2
This point and the Bannon, a campaign insider, calling Don Jr's meeting "treason" is the new uponit7771 Jan 2018 #3
Trump obstructed justice with that bogus press release Gothmog Jan 2018 #4
Well there ya go! Cha Jan 2018 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Is Mark Corallo still alive?
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 06:54 PM
Jan 2018

If he is, I suppose someone could ask him. News stories from the time say that Corallo quit, but there's little elaboration. He was on the job a mere two months, then left with the simple, unadorned statement, "I resign."

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
5. He is, but he's eating at McDonald's so he won't be poisoned.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 07:53 PM
Jan 2018

At least, I hope that's what he's doing, along with not flying in small planes.

I'd love to believe the report about the circumstances of his resignation. It seems odd, though, that he would say such a thing to a journalist, even if it's true. He makes his living as a political communications and public relations professional. Prospective future clients would have to worry about what he might reveal about them.

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