Trump Allies Pushing for a Deal with Muller

February 7, 2018 Share Print 0

Some of President Donald Trump’s key allies are urging him to compromise with the special counsel in the Russia probe, according to a new report.

The president’s legal team and close advisors are exploring ways to avoid an in-person interview with Robert Mueller without stonewalling the investigation outright, Politico reported Wednesday.

The development comes after recent news that Trump’s lawyers have cautioned him against taking wide-ranging questions from Mueller’s team, which is investigating potential ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. The special counsel has reportedly intensified its focus on possible obstruction of justice, and has begun interviewing members of Trump’s inner circle.

Rather than risk the president — who has a history of contradicting himself — providing self-incriminating testimony in a live interview setting, Trump’s lawyers are considering a partial, written exchange with the special counsel, a source familiar with the White House’s strategy told Politico.

Several close advisors, including political strategist and Infowars regular Roger Stone, Newsmax publisher Chris Ruddy and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, have advised Trump to submit only written responses to investigators, according to Politico.

via CNBC

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.