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It’s The New York Times’ Brilliant, Thorough And Controversial Account Of The Investigations Around The President, And Trump’s Efforts To Derail Them For Whatever Reason…
Here’s a link to the story. It reads like a little novel. And even if you know all the pieces, the way they weave it together is masterful.
We should note that the President is flatly denying a new assertion in the piece: that Trump told acting-Attorney-General-until-a-couple-of-days-ago, Matthew Whitaker, to intervene in the investigation of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. That case is being handled not by the Mueller team, but by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The U.S. Attorney in that office, Geoffrey Berman, was hand-picked by Trump (after he fired Preet Bharara, who he initially said he was going to keep on). But Berman is recused from the Cohen case. Although no reason has been publicly given, according to The Hill, he had donated to Trump’s campaign. (Although so did a lot of other people, so that’s not likely why, or at least not the whole reason.) Berman was also a partner in the same law firm as Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. According to the Times article, Trump wanted Berman to un-recuse himself. Also according to the Times, Whitaker knew he “could…
