John Dean, ex-Nixon WH counsel, says Mueller did not 'vigorously pursue' Trump subpoena

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Former White House counsel John Dean, whose testimony in the Watergate investigation helped topple Richard Nixon's presidency, said Wednesday that Robert Mueller did not "vigorously pursue" subpoenaing President Donald Trump as part of his special counsel's investigation.

Mueller appeared Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees in the two most highly anticipated hearings of the Trump presidency to testify about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The former special counsel and former FBI director defended not subpoenaing the President because of the prolonged process to fight over it -- a move Dean, who is a CNN contributor, likened to not pushing for the infamous Nixon tapes.

"This is a man who if it had been Richard Nixon, wouldn't go after the tapes because it would take too long," Dean told CNN's Jake Tapper. "And I think that's something that's going to hang over this investigation, hang over Mueller, because he really didn't vigorously pursue it as he might've."

Mueller said his team tried for more than a year to interview Trump, but asked if anyone tried to stop it, Mueller made clear they could have subpoenaed if they wanted to.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/john-dean-ex-nixon-wh-counsel-says-mueller-did-not-vigorously-pursue-trump-subpoena/ar-AAEOvAO?li=BBnbcA1

[Ninga]

1. What a disheartening, dark, mess we are in....no more words please. I've had it with words. Nt

[Celerity]

2. as soon as I saw that Rump was going to end up not being deposed I knew the fix was in

It was madness to not interview him in person.

[moondust]

3. Isn't there a considerable difference?

Nixon was an obstructionist but didn't have an entire party firmly lodged in his ass. Dumpy would have weaponized the law yet again to drag it out for as long as possible, aided and abetted by his lackeys. By the time he showed up the superhero-action-adventure public audience would have probably forgotten all about it: "Wut's this all about?" On top of that, wouldn't Dumpy just take the 5th on everything making it a complete waste of time?

[triron]

4. This! Dean is implying Mueller wimped out. BS that Mueller didn't start to subpoena way earlier.

He knew Trump wasn't going to willingly comply for over a year (unless he was incredibly naive).

"This is a man who if it had been Richard Nixon, wouldn't go after the tapes because it would take too long," Dean told CNN's Jake Tapper. "And I think that's something that's going to hang over this investigation, hang over Mueller, because he really didn't vigorously pursue it as he might've."

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Sean Patrick Maloney ferretted out the answer

Mueller found, from other sources, all he needed to know about Trump. Otherwise, how would Mueller have been able to say under oath that Trump's written answers were not all accurate or thruthful? IOW, Mueller didn't need Trump's testimony in the end.