Trump sours on talking with Mueller after FBI raid of lawyers office

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

The FBI seizure of records from President Trump’s personal attorney last week deeply rattled the president — souring him on his long-stated preference to sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and prompting him to renew efforts to hire more legal firepower, people familiar with the discussions said.

Trump, who had previously expressed a desire to submit to a special counsel interview, changed his mind following the April 9 raid of lawyer Michael Cohen’s office, home and hotel room and is now leaning against an interview, according to two people familiar with his turnabout.

The president’s lawyers are still open to talks with Mueller’s office about the possibility and advisers caution that the president frequently changes his mind, but his legal team now sees a Mueller sit-down as less likely.

Trump was infuriated by the seizure of possibly sensitive correspondence involving work that Cohen — his close friend, consigliere and personal “fixer” — was doing on his behalf and believed Mueller’s team was operating in bad faith, two people familiar with the president’s frustration said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sours-on-talking-with-mueller-after-fbi-raid-of-lawyers-office/2018/04/17/0b49a2d8-4254-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html

---

How do you spell "subpoena"?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. "S-c-r-e-w-e-d."

[California_Republic]

2. Mueller. Its ok We got what we need

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Trump doesn't get a vote on this one.

[raging moderate]

4. I bet he never had any intention of talking to Mueller.

He just seized on this excuse.

[duforsure]

5. He never was going to talk to him

And this is all PR that he wanted all along, another act, another excuse for not doing xyz. Just like the sanctions now he's refusing to put in place. He's not strong on Russia, and Putin, he's weak, very weak because Putin owns him. Mueller scares him to death.

[packman]

6. Does not surprise - Any excuse

He had no intention of a sit-down with Mueller.