Former special counsel Robert Mueller probed whether President Trump misled him in his Russia investigation, according to newly unredacted portions of Mueller’s report that were re-released Friday.
One portion of the report, which summarizes Mueller’s findings from his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, suggests that Trump’s written answer on a question about WikiLeaks and former adviser Roger Stone was misleading.
According to the report, Trump had said he did not remember talking with Stone about WikiLeaks. But Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, had separately recounted to Mueller that he “recalled a conversation in which Roger Stone told Trump that WikiLeaks planned to release information soon [and] Trump had asked him [Cohen] to stay in touch with Stone about WikiLeaks.”
“It is possible that, by the time the President submitted his written answers two years after the relevant events had occurred, he no longer had clear recollections of his discussions with Stone or his knowledge of Stone’s asserted communications with WikiLeaks,” Mueller’s report reads.
“But the President’s conduct could also be viewed as reflecting his awareness that Stone could provide evidence that would run counter to the President’s denials and would link the President to Stone’s efforts to reach out to WikiLeaks,” the report states, suggesting the special counsel had considered this as potential obstruction.
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Mueller questioned whether Trump lied to him on Wikileaks answer in Russia probe https://t.co/WGsXQqXgfW pic.twitter.com/gePBvCr8T2
— The Hill (@thehill) June 20, 2020
Multiple top Trump aides told investigators that Trump knew WikiLeaks had information stolen from his rivals. He knew the Russians were backing him, but instead of reporting it, he capitalized on it. Still likely the biggest betrayal of the country ever. https://t.co/QtJxBGg4QI
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) June 22, 2020
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