Frankly, I can’t stand Don McGahn. On virtually every issue that matters, he is such a rabid extremist that he almost makes Mussolini seem like a progressive. Without his legal assistance during the campaign, Trump could have never stolen the election and become Resident. McGahn has been the guiding force for packing the courts with extremist judges. It is likely that he picked Kavanaugh, as they are like-minded. Nevertheless, it is possible that this extremist may have some principles.
The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, including some that investigators would not have learned of otherwise, according to a dozen current and former White House officials and others briefed on the matter.
In at least three voluntary interviews with investigators that totaled 30 hours over the past nine months, Mr. McGahn described the president’s fury toward the Russia investigation and the ways in which he urged Mr. McGahn to respond to it. He provided the investigators examining whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice a clear view of the president’s most intimate moments with his lawyer.
Among them were Mr. Trump’s comments and actions during the firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and Mr. Trump’s obsession with putting a loyalist in charge of the inquiry, including his repeated urging of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to claim oversight of it. Mr. McGahn was also centrally involved in Mr. Trump’s attempts to fire the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, which investigators might not have discovered without him.
For a lawyer to share so much with investigators scrutinizing his client is unusual. Lawyers are rarely so open with investigators, not only because they are advocating on behalf of their clients but also because their conversations with clients are potentially shielded by attorney-client privilege, and in the case of presidents, executive privilege….
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I disagree with the Times’ assertion that Trump is McGahn’s client. Since his appointment as White House Counsel, McGahn has represented institution, not the man. Therefore, if he see’s Trump doing things that would weaken the Presidency, then his role is to defend the institution, as the following video explains:
Of course, it is also possible that instead of principled action, McGahn just recognizes that Trump’s usefulness to the 0.1% is coming to an end. The 0.1% can say “who us” in feigned wonderment, after they throw the Fuhrer that they defined and they created under the bus.
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10 Responses to “An Extremist with Principles?”
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Pretty sure that if Mr. McGahn has any principles, they’re not in the best interest of the American people.
He clearly recognized that Twitler has NO problem throwing anyone under the bus when it serves his own interests or saves his own hide, so McGahn struck first to save himself.
There’s a wonderful interview of John Dean from “Slate” that’s worth the read, but this paragraph bears highlighting here (and who would know better?):
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/don-mcgahn-cooperating-with-mueller-john-dean-weighs-in-on-new-york-times-story.html
This is what I said: “Since his appointment as White House Counsel, McGahn has represented institution, not the man.”
Boy, I’d have loved to have been a ‘fly’ on the wall, with 30 hours of interviews with Mr. Mueller. WOW!!
If Nameless had not cited the Slate article (and its derivative article at Daily Kos), I would have. You are 100% correct that McGahn’s client is NOT Orange Judas, but the Office of the President, a totally different entity, though of course, as Trump has shown, he sees no difference. The Slate article not only points that out but also zeros in on the exact moment in time it was spelled out as a legal precedent.
An extremist with principles? I’m not sure such an animal exists. More likely, McGahn is an extremist just trying to protect his own ass at the expense of everyone else.
Indeed, Jerry – I suspect that McGahn is just playing C.Y.A. The forces of evil will turn on each other at the drop of a hat, and change their professed loyalties according on the wayward wind. McGahn intends to save his own skin, and everybody else be screwed, even tRump. Maybe especially tRump.
McGahn may be able to convince himself and others that he is blabbing out of principle, for me it is labelled quite differently: SELF-SERVING.
I too saw John Dean’s comments, and who better to understand the nuances! Certainly Diaper Don would not understand the nuances because he is wrapped up entirely in his narcissism. In Diaper Don’s world, he and the office of the presidency are one in the same . . . HIM! But they are not! One is an offensive, narcissistic boor occupying the WH, while the other is an institution that transcends every and any occupant of the WH. I suppose one could say McGahn is principled in that he is upholding the institution of the presidency, but I have no doubt that he is also covering his own ass.
Thanks all. Hot very tired hugs!
He is just covering his own behind!