The Mueller report is inconclusive on obstruction. But it paints a clear picture of a president whose fears and insecurities prompted reactions that made his situation worse.
President Trump speaks during an event in Washington on Wednesday on the eve of the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report.
“The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests,” the report said. A few days later, Trump met with Sessions at his resort Mar-a-Lago in Florida and urged him to “un-recuse.” Sessions told investigators he “had the impression that the President feared that the investigation could spin out of control and disrupt his ability to govern,” the report says.
Trump pressed McGahn to call top officials at Justice Department to have them correct the impression that the president was under investigation. Then-acting Deputy Atty. Gen. Dana Boente refused.
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