Politics Analysis Why hasnt Mueller talked to Donald Trump Jr. yet?

[riversedge]

The update is interesting.. Probably too good to be true.??


Why hasn’t Mueller talked to Donald Trump Jr. yet?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/15/why-hasnt-mueller-talked-to-donald-trump-jr-yet/?__twitter_impression=true&utm_term=.c05b3b3cc623



by Philip Bump March 15 at 4:03 PM Email the author

Robert S. Mueller III testifying during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2013. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

This article has been updated.

We will stipulate at the outset that the investigation being conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team is a black box, by design. ..........................................



.......................Beyond those specifics, Trump Jr. was also deeply involved in the campaign itself. He was regularly on the trail with the president and involved in key decisions like the firing of Trump’s first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. Trump Jr. was also involved in the presidential transition, despite criticism. Even had he not been involved in the business or involved in the Trump Tower meeting or linked to Torshin, that involvement would seem to make him an important point of contact.

So why hasn’t Mueller talked to Trump Jr. — assuming he hasn’t? One reason may be that Trump Jr. is so important. Since Trump Jr. was so involved in so many important parts of the campaign and the business, Mueller may be trying to figure out what he needs to ask Trump Jr. before he asks it.

There are really two possibilities here: Mueller has already spoken with Trump Jr. and we don’t yet know about it — or he will at some point soon. It seems impossible that Mueller won’t want to know what Trump Jr. knows.


Update: Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega raised another possibility.

“It’s entirely true, based on public reports so far, that Donald Trump, Jr. appears to have been involved in many significant events that would be of interest to Special Counsel Mueller,” she wrote in a message to The Post. “That very fact suggests a third alternative explanation for Mueller’s failure to interview him thus far: Don, Jr. is a serious subject or, quite possibly a target of the Special Counsel investigation.”

“Federal prosecutors rarely interview targets of an investigation,” she continued. “Instead, they build the case around them, with documents, emails, public admissions and other witnesses.”

[Kirk Lover]

1. I thought this was obvious. n/t

[riversedge]

7. I really do not know how prosecutors operate. So, not

obvious to me. Learning the ropes as this freak story moves along.

[pbmus]

2. Junior is headed for indictment territory...

[wishstar]

3. Similarly, Roger Stone is a target who was interviewed by Senate but not Mueller

and caught lying in his Senate testimony. Donnie Jr was caught lying about the Trump Tower meeting until his emails were exposed

[flibbitygiblets]

4. Yeah, he's a target. Will daddy pardon him?

That's what I want to know.

[lame54]

5. Forget that - talk to his wife

[fierywoman]

6. ...which is why she's going for the divorce settlement dough ASAP?

[Kirk Lover]

8. But she'll lose the husband/wife privledge.

[fierywoman]

9. ... meaning she might spill some beans to Mueller?