Sanders dodges questions about Trump Tower statement
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday refused to answer questions about her claim that President Trump did not dictate a statement about a critical Trump Tower meeting during the 2016 campaign — even after her earlier statement was undercut by a memo from Trump’s own legal team.
“This is a letter from the outside counsel and I would direct your question to them,” she told reporters during her daily briefing in response to questions about the discrepancies between the memo and her statement.
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“That’s the wisdom of not having a president testify,” he said. “It’s one thing to do it with a lawyer, it’s another to do it with your client.”
Trump has said publicly he’d be willing to do an interview with Mueller’s team in the ongoing Russia probe. However, his lawyers have warned against the idea. Giuliani said Sunday that the president’s legal team is “leaning toward” not agreeing to the interview.
Trump’s lawyers acknowledged in their letter to Mueller that the president dictated the statement as his team sought to contain the fallout from reports that his son and campaign staffers met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton.
In the same letter, they argued the president cannot commit obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s probe because of his constitutional authority over the investigation.
Updated at 3:22 p.m.
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