Trump Just Blindsided Mueller – Sent Brutal Warning Of What Will Happen
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Corey Lewandowski, who served as Donald Trump’s campaign manager during the 2016 primaries has now told “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump’s legal team, led by Mayor Rudy Guliani has confirmed that they will take it Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his Democrat cronies to court if they decide to subpoena him as part of the probe into Russian collusion.
“They will take it to court, and I believe the court’s going to be on the president’s side on this,” Lewandowski said Sunday.
Lewandowski was addressing the tense and protracted deliberations over a possible interview with Mueller that some Republican allies have rightly warned could very well end up being a “perjury trap.”
Fox News revealed over the weekend that the president’s legal team had gone as far as to send a letter to Mueller in January claiming Trump could not be forced to testify. And also that he could not have committed obstruction of justice because of his broad authority as president. But he also added that the president and his team are still willing to sit down to questions with Mueller’s team but they want to first determine the scope of the questions which will be asked. This would avoid a subpoena fight.
The former campaign manager did also stress that he believes the president would never defy a court order because he respects the rule of law in this country too much to do so.
Here is more on the investigation via Fox News:
“The investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election continues – with Special Counsel Robert Mueller at its helm.
Mueller, 73, took over the federal government’s probe into alleged collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials in May 2017. Already, his investigation has led to charges for four Trump campaign associates, though none of the charges are directly related to any misconduct by the president’s campaign.
Trump has in the past expressed willingness to testify under oath as part of Mueller’s investigations and has repeatedly denied any “collusion” with Russians.
The Department of Justice announced the appointment of Mueller to oversee the federal investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election in May 2017.
The appointment came after a growing cry – mostly from Democrats – for someone outside the Justice Department to handle the probe. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had already recused himself from the investigation.
Mueller led the FBI through the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and served under presidential administrations of both parties.
For the inquiry into the 2016 election, Mueller has the authority to prosecute any crimes uncovered during this investigation, and he was given wide authority to investigate whether Trump or his associates colluded with the Kremlin to win the White House.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, one focus of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, hides behind a car visor as he leaves his home in Alexandria, Va., after being asked to surrender to federal authorities. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
In his leading role, Mueller took over an ongoing investigation into Paul Manafort’s financial dealings in Ukraine.
Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, and Richard Gates were indicted on Oct. 27 on multiple counts, including: conspiracy against the U.S., conspiracy to launder money, false statements and failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. Manafort and Gates initially pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Nearly four months later, on Feb. 22, the pair was hit with additional tax evasion and bank fraud charges and the amount of money Manafort was accused of laundering through offshore accounts increased to $30 million.
Gates pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges on Feb. 23. After the plea, Mueller moved to drop the 22 bank and tax fraud charges against Gates, possibly suggesting that the former Trump campaign official is cooperating and providing good information to Mueller’s team.
Mueller also accused Manafort of secretly paying former European politicians to lobby on behalf of Ukraine. Manafort has continued to maintain his innocence, pleading not guilty to the charges in federal court on March 8.
Michael Flynn, the administration’s short-lived national security adviser, was charged in December with lying to the FBI about certain conversations he had with a Russian ambassador. He pleaded guilty.