Opinion: Trump tries to silence another witness
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III on March 24 in Washington. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 6 at 10:00 AM First it was the former White House counsel. Now it is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Mueller’s testimony would not be a redo, but it could demolish Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr’s canard that Trump is guilty of nothing. It’s an opportunity to explain what is in the report and review the 10 episodes of conduct that could support a charge of obstruction of justice. Trump and Barr have been overstating and misconstruing the report to such an extent that many Americans — who don’t have time to read a 448-page report — are genuinely confused.
So can he stop Mueller from testifying? “Of course there is no way Trump can stop Bob Mueller from testifying,” constitutional lawyer Laurence Tribe tells me. “There is no executive privilege between them, and obviously no attorney-client privilege, and Mueller doesn’t even work for Trump.” Tribe continues, “Until he leaves [the Justice Department], he works for Barr. And Barr has no conceivable basis to stop Mueller from testifying.
Trump had no luck halting former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying, former Justice spokesman Matthew Miller says.
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