Trump Unworried About What Former Aides Will Tell Mueller, Lawyer Says
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Trump Unworried About What Former Aides Will Tell Mueller, Lawyer Says
“The president has no concerns in terms of any impact, as to what happens to them, on his campaign or on the White
House,” the lawyer, Ty Cobb, said in an interview on Thursday for The Times’s podcast “The New Washington.”
The Justice Department special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is investigating whether anyone close
to Mr. Trump worked with Russian operatives to disrupt last year’s presidential election.
Manafort has said from the beginning neither he nor anyone else in the Trump campaign colluded with the
Russian government to undermine the 2016 election,” said Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Mr. Manafort.
He has summoned witnesses before a federal grand jury in Washington to gather information about Paul J. Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman; Michael T. Flynn, the retired general
and former national security adviser; and other associates of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Cobb said none of the White House documents turned over to Mr. Mueller showed evidence
that that anyone colluded with Russia, or that Mr. Trump tried to obstruct justice.
WASHINGTON — President Trump is confident that neither his former campaign chairman nor his former national
security adviser has damaging information about him to offer prosecutors, a White House lawyer told .
Mr. Trump has instructed all White House staff members to cooperate with investigators, Mr. Cobb said.
“The president has no concerns in terms of any impact, as to what happens to them, on his campaign or on the White
House,” the lawyer, Ty Cobb, said in an interview on Thursday for The Times’s podcast “The New Washington.”
The Justice Department special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is investigating whether anyone close
to Mr. Trump worked with Russian operatives to disrupt last year’s presidential election.
Manafort has said from the beginning neither he nor anyone else in the Trump campaign colluded with the
Russian government to undermine the 2016 election,” said Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Mr. Manafort.
He has summoned witnesses before a federal grand jury in Washington to gather information about Paul J. Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman; Michael T. Flynn, the retired general
and former national security adviser; and other associates of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Cobb said none of the White House documents turned over to Mr. Mueller showed evidence
that that anyone colluded with Russia, or that Mr. Trump tried to obstruct justice.
WASHINGTON — President Trump is confident that neither his former campaign chairman nor his former national
security adviser has damaging information about him to offer prosecutors, a White House lawyer told .
Mr. Trump has instructed all White House staff members to cooperate with investigators, Mr. Cobb said.