Mcgahn, the white House Counsel, who believed that its angry, meandering tone was problematic, according to interviews with a dozen administrations officials and others briefed on the matter. The letter was reportedly drafted while the president was on a long weekend at his golf club in new jersey. It was never sent, but it was apparently saved and now Robert Mueller has a copy. When james comey was fired a few days later, the white house had an official line on why. They said the president made the decision based on Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosensteins recommendation. Rosenstein, youll recall, was comeys boss, and the man running the russia investigation because attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself. The white house based the letter the president actually sent to comey on rosensteins memo. The New York Times reports they made one significant revision, adding a point that was personally important to mr. Trump. That was a line in the middle of the four paragraph letter that
Elements. Fruits and instrument talt of contact for which cohen is under criminal investigation. Department attorney general rob rosenstein, the point man at the Justice Department and the mueller probe, and as relearned this week, the senior Justice Department official signed off on that search warrant for cohen is telling confidantes he is prepared to be fired. He seemed fully aware he may soon lose his job and was at peace with the possibility, confident hed don his job with integrity. If rosenstein is fired that always remains a big if with this president , one of his enduring legacies will be the appointment of bob mueller. The other, the search warrant that may undermine the belly of trumps professional life. Lawyers for donald trump was in court today arguing donald trump has an acute interest in the proceedings surrounding the cohen raid. The Washington Post with a good hadnt on why that may be. Trump allies worry that the post report quotes, President Trumps attorney, Michael