Trump was threatening to fire White House counsel Don McGahn if he didn't lie for him.

[kpete]

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President Trump reportedly considered firing White House counsel Don McGahn if he didn’t deny a report that he threatened to resign after Trump ordered him to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, according to The New York Times.

In January, the Times reported that Trump ordered Mueller to be fired last year, but was stopped after McGahn threatened to resign rather than carry out Trump’s order.

In the days after the Times published its report, former White House staff secretary Rob Porter reportedly told McGahn that Trump wanted him to release a statement denying that Trump wanted Mueller to be fired and that McGahn threatened to resign over the order.

According to the Times, Porter told McGahn that Trump had suggested he might “get rid of” McGahn if he didn’t issue the statement.
Trump later confronted McGahn in the Oval Office after he didn’t release a statement denying the Times report. During the meeting, which chief of staff John Kelly also attended, Trump told McGahn he ordered him to fire Mueller, people familiar with the meeting told the newspaper.


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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377311-trump-considered-firing-wh-counsel-if-he-didnt-deny-threatening-to?__twitter_impression=true
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/can-someone-explain-why-incoming.html

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[grantcart]

1. McGahn looks to be the John Dean of the Trump administration.

Finally a Republican that can't be intimidated.

[groundloop]

2. Likely one of the few that isn't owned by Putin

[PJMcK]

6. Not so sure about that

John Dean actually had a conscience and the foresight that Nixon would make him the fall-guy.

McGahn was big in the Republican party's fundraising arm. He knows where Trump's campaign funds came from. He knows many things about Trump that could be fatal to the president but he hasn't pulled the trigger. I wonder why?

I suspect that McGahn is well aware of Trump's corruptions and illegal acts.

[riversedge]

3. 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018

[Javaman]

9. how did you put the emoticons in your title?

just curious.

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, ANOTHER solid sourced evidence with no caveats that looks like Red Don is 100% illegal

... in his actions

[poboy2]

5. obstruction charge #28

[lark]

7. Hmm, this sounds suspiciously like the reason for the tariffs.

drumpf wanted to fire him but couldn't because he knows where the bodies are and could bring him down. So, he does the one thing he knows McGhan won't tolerate, raise tariffs, because he knows this will piss of McGhan and he'd leave. drumpf isn't president of our country, he's president of serving himself so he goes with his whims and rages, not giving a shit about the economic results.

[duforsure]

8. Another stupid Nixon moment from trump.

[kentuck]

10. And General Kelly was present during the conversation?

Maybe Mueller would like to get his side of the story??

[cloudbase]

11. The proper response:

I could get fired from better jobs than this.

[Paladin]

12. ....and not have my law licence stripped from me. (nt)