Clients Who Follow Instructions Poorly
Any lawyer will appreciate the problems of counseling a client on what, if any, statements to make.
"Okay, now, look, they might turn up evidence of collusion between your campaign and the Russians. So, in order to be able to act surprised and betrayed later on if that evidence turns up, I want you to make sure that any denials you make on the subject of collusion are just about yourself. You need to isolate yourself from anyone in the campaign for whom there is evidence of collusion Be sure to say that you didn't collude with the Russians, but don't take the rap for anyone else. You got that?"
"Sure."
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/trump-fbi-mueller-rosenstein.html
“The entire thing has been a witch hunt,” Mr. Trump said. “There’s no collusion between, certainly, myself and my campaign — but I can only speak for myself — and the Russians — zero.”
