Scrambling to Cover President's Ass...
Scrambling to Cover President's Ass, Sekulow and Guiliani Say Trump Demand to End Mueller Probe Not Official Order
"Cleanup on aisle 5" for president's personal legal team
by Jon Queally, staff writer
With legal experts already warning that a tweet from President Donald Trump earlier in the day calling on Attorney Jeff Sessions to end the Mueller probe "right now" could constitute a direct and very public act of obstruction of justice, the president's personal legal team jumped into action in what appeared like an effort to save their client's ass.
According to the Washington Post, who received comment from both Jay Sekulow and Rudy Guiliani, the pair of Trump's personal attorneys were quickly trying to put out the fire by saying that what Trump said was not an "explicit command" or an official presidential order.
"He carefully used the word, 'should,'" Giuliani told the Post. And Sekulow reportedly added: "The president has issued no order or direction to the Department of Justice on this."
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The president's team also issued a statement to ABC News. "We have been saying for months that it is time to bring this inquiry to an end," Giuliani declared. "The President has expressed the same opinion."
"The President was expressing his opinion on his favored medium for asserting his First Amendment right of free speech," Giuliani added. "He said 'should' not 'must' and no Presidential order was issued or will be."
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