{"id":33444,"date":"2018-08-19T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T20:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33444"},"modified":"2018-08-19T14:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T21:06:57","slug":"an-extremist-with-principals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/19\/an-extremist-with-principals\/","title":{"rendered":"An Extremist with Principles?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frankly, I can’t stand Don McGahn.\u00a0 On virtually every issue that matters, he is such a rabid extremist that he almost makes Mussolini seem like a progressive.\u00a0 Without his legal assistance during the campaign, Trump could have never stolen the election and become Resident.\u00a0 McGahn has been the guiding force for packing the courts with extremist judges.\u00a0 It is likely that he picked Kavanaugh, as they are like-minded.\u00a0 Nevertheless, it is possible that this extremist may have some principles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

In at least three voluntary interviews with investigators that totaled 30 hours over the past nine months, Mr. McGahn described the president\u2019s 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\u2019s most intimate moments with his lawyer.<\/p>\n

Among them were Mr. Trump\u2019s comments and actions during the firing of the F.B.I. director<\/a>, James B. Comey, and Mr. Trump\u2019s obsession with putting a loyalist in charge<\/a> of the inquiry, including his repeated urging of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to claim oversight of it<\/a>. Mr. McGahn was also centrally involved<\/a> in Mr. Trump\u2019s attempts to fire the special counsel<\/a>, Robert S. Mueller III, which investigators might not have discovered without him.<\/p>\n

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….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <NY Times<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

I disagree with the Times’ assertion that Trump is McGahn’s client.\u00a0 Since his appointment as White House Counsel, McGahn has represented institution, not the man.\u00a0 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<\/a> explains:<\/span><\/p>\n