Here's what we know: on June 16, 2016 (two months before the nominating conventions) the President's son, son-in-law, and campaign manager met with several Russians. The bait: the advice that the Russian government was backing Trump and had dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump celebrated the release of documents "I love Wikileaks", etc. When the meeting became known a false story was put forward. Trump attended a meeting to plan how to respond to the release. He had a hand in giving a misleading statement.
Donald Trump is a fact witness - and an essential one. He will have to testify. - gwc
Mueller indicates he will likely seek interview with Trump - The Washington Post
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has raised the likelihood with President Trump’s legal team that his office will seek an interview with the president, triggering a discussion among his attorneys about how to avoid a sit-down encounter or set limits on such a session, according to two people familiar with the talks.
Mueller brought up the issue of interviewing Trump during a late December meeting with the president’s lawyers, John Dowd and Jay Sekulow. Mueller deputy James Quarles, who oversees the White House portion of the special counsel investigation, also attended.
The special counsel’s team could interview Trump very soon on some limited portion of questions — possibly within the next several weeks, according to a person close to the president who was granted anonymity to describe internal conversations.
“This is moving faster than anyone really realizes,” the person said. Trump is comfortable participating in an interview and believes it would put to rest questions about whether his campaign coordinated with Russia in the 2016 election, the person added.
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