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Washington: The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for president Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a setting president to testify under oath.
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Attorney john Does said on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team broached the subject during a meeting with Trump's legal team while they were negotiating the terms of a possible interview with the president.
It was not immediately clear in what context the possibility of a subpoena was raised or how serious Mueller's prosecution were about the move . Mueller is probing not only Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump associates but possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
Even if Mueller's team decided to subpoena Trump as the part of the investigation, he could still fight it in court or refuse to answer questions by invoking his fifth Amendment protection from self -incrimination .
Dowd's comments come more than a month after he resigned from the legal team, and the provide a new window into the nature of Trump lawyers interactions with the special counsel, whom the president has increasingly tried to undermine through public attracts.
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The Washington post first reported that Mueller's team raised the possibility of a New York Times first published the list of questions . According to the list , the questions range from Trump's motivations for firing FBI director James come a year ago to contacts Trump's campaign had with Russians.
Although Mueller's team has indicated to Trump's lawyers that he's not considered a target, investigators remain interested in whether the president's actions constitute obstruction of justice and want to interview him about several episodes in office. They have not yet made a decision about an interview.
In his tweet , Trump said there where " no questions on collision" and , as he as many times before, called Mueller's investigation a "Russian witch hunt " . He said collusion with the Russian "never existed" .
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In a second tweet , Trump said : " It would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime tha never happened" . The questions do appear to indicate that Mueller team is looking into the possible collusion. Some touch on alleged Russians medding in US electrons and whether the Trump campaign coordinated in any way with the Kremlin.
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Washington: The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for president Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a setting president to testify under oath.
UNITED STATES NEWS
Attorney john Does said on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team broached the subject during a meeting with Trump's legal team while they were negotiating the terms of a possible interview with the president.
It was not immediately clear in what context the possibility of a subpoena was raised or how serious Mueller's prosecution were about the move . Mueller is probing not only Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump associates but possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
Even if Mueller's team decided to subpoena Trump as the part of the investigation, he could still fight it in court or refuse to answer questions by invoking his fifth Amendment protection from self -incrimination .
Dowd's comments come more than a month after he resigned from the legal team, and the provide a new window into the nature of Trump lawyers interactions with the special counsel, whom the president has increasingly tried to undermine through public attracts.
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On Tuesday, Trump said it was " disgraceful" that a list of proposed questions drafted in response to Mueller's negotiations with the legal team was " leaked" to the news media. The about four dozen questions were compiled by Trump's lawyers during negotiations with Muelle's investigators either this year over the prospect of a presidential interview.A person familiar with the matter said that the president's lawyers extrapolated the list of expected questions based off conversations with Mueller's team about the topic prosecutors wanted to cover in a potential sit down with Trump . The questions reflected what the defence lawyers anticipated Trump would be asked , rather than verbatim queries that Mueller's team provided , the person said.
The Washington post first reported that Mueller's team raised the possibility of a New York Times first published the list of questions . According to the list , the questions range from Trump's motivations for firing FBI director James come a year ago to contacts Trump's campaign had with Russians.
Although Mueller's team has indicated to Trump's lawyers that he's not considered a target, investigators remain interested in whether the president's actions constitute obstruction of justice and want to interview him about several episodes in office. They have not yet made a decision about an interview.
In his tweet , Trump said there where " no questions on collision" and , as he as many times before, called Mueller's investigation a "Russian witch hunt " . He said collusion with the Russian "never existed" .
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In a second tweet , Trump said : " It would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime tha never happened" . The questions do appear to indicate that Mueller team is looking into the possible collusion. Some touch on alleged Russians medding in US electrons and whether the Trump campaign coordinated in any way with the Kremlin.
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