Trump's lawyers sent Mueller's office confidential memo outlining why Trump couldn't have obstructed justice: Report

Source: Washington Examiner | June 2, 2018 | Melissa Quinn

President Trump’s legal team sent special counsel Robert Mueller a 20-page letter in January arguing the president could not have obstructed throughout any part of the Russia probe because he has the authority to “terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired.”

The confidential letter, obtained by the New York Times, sheds light on the efforts of the president’s lawyers to prevent Mueller from compelling Trump to answer questions about whether he obstructed justice.

“It remains our position that the president’s actions here, by virtue of his position as the chief law enforcement officer, could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and that he could, if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon if so desired,” John Dowd and Jay Sekulow, two of Trump’s lawyers, wrote in their Jan. 29 memo to Mueller.

Dowd resigned from Trump’s legal team in March.

The letter was hand-delivered to the special counsel’s office and served as a response to Mueller’s request for Trump to answer questions about allegations he obstructed justice, the New York Times reported.

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  • Consistent #23937

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    It will all be decided in the courts, but I have no expectation that a sane judge will agree with these outlandish arguments.

    Would be funny if this did end up in SCOTUS and Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion slapping Trump down.

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