Trump legal team balks at Mueller's questions on post-2016 election activity

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN


By Pamela Brown, CNN

Updated 4:15 PM ET, Fri November 16, 2018

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and his legal team have taken issue with some of the questions from special counsel Robert Mueller that cover the transition period after the 2016 election, believing it could be off limits under executive privilege as they pertain to the presidency, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The source would not explicitly say whether the President answered those questions other than to say that there are "responses" to all of the questions that were asked.

Trump's lawyers had previously made the case to Mueller's team that the President would only answer questions related to collusion about events that took place before the 2016 election.

In an interview with The Washington Post Thursday, the President's attorney Rudy Giuliani alluded to the sticking point with the questions, saying, "There are some that create more issues for us legally than others."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/16/politics/donald-trump-legal-team-mueller-questions-transition/index.html

[Maine-i-acs]

1. . Responses: "I don't wanna answer this"

written in crayon on a Big Mac wrapper

[DonaldsRump]

2. A "response" can simply be an assertion of privilege or lack of relevancy

Nothing this "President" says is true. He lies about big things, he lies about small things, he lies about all things.

His "responses" are probably 100% useless, but he still tries to milk positive press out of it.

What a fool.

[blugbox]

7. Yeah, I mean his response to every question could have been "witch hunt"

And they could still say he had a response for every question...

It's sad that they try to pull basic shit like this, but that they NEVER FAIL to try to pull something every single time. There is literally nothing he can participate in without using some sort of con.

[PSPS]

3. "the President's attorney Rudy Giuliani"

I think the vernacular in trump's circle is "mouthpiece."

[lagomorph777]

4. or "codpiece"

[lagomorph777]

5. Good luck with that one, Rudy!

[Docreed2003]

6. You know if this was all a witch hunt and a scam

Why would any of these questions "create more issues for us legally"??

[Qutzupalotl]

8. He means they can't keep their lies straight. nt

[SayItLoud]

9. Rudy G says "There are some that create more issues for us legally than others."

Yeah I'll bet. We can start with... those are the questions that prove tRUMP and his family are traitors.

[lindysalsagal]

10. So will 45 get support from Lindsey this time?

Hmmmmm?

[mastermind]

11. pick and choosing what questions to answer? No, it doesn't work that way unless

you're a fascist dictator.