special counsel to investigate the case. the sky was ordered to facilitate the firing of robert mueller a special counsel. this guy was directed to deny that firing order ever took place. he was told he needed to create a false record covering up the fact that the president had ordered him to fire robert mueller. if you re looking for a bottom line summary about his life is like working as donald trump s white house counsel, we do have a direct quote for him and that makes it very clear. don mcgahn said president trump had asked him to do crazy stuff. except he did not say stop. he said a different short where that starts with s. don mcgahn was a top white house lawyer of the trump administration. it was shocking when we learned he was also the star witness for the mueller report. the key describe are of many of the alleged acts of obstruction of justice committed by the
the record had to be created in the mueller report of trump s behavior, including witnesses recollections of his behavior so that could be preserved, and case a future prosecution. the statue of limitations on those potential crimes laid out in mueller s report, that statute of limitations have not run out. in the event today s testimony from don mcgahn results in a referral to the justice department for a potential prosecution of the former president, the statute of limitations would not be a problem as long as it happens fairly soon. we should know fairly soon what don mcgahn told the committee as part of his deal for appearing today. both sides agreed a transcript of today s interview would be released publicly within seven days at the most. at that point we will all be able to see what mr. mcgahn said under oath in his own words. we expect that next week, and the question of next steps will become a very very interesting one.
former president and he was trying to enter a monkey wrench investigation. today, finally, don mcgahn was in congress, testifying under oath for the very first time about what he saw. about what it was like being told by the president to shut down lawful legal process ease. to fire people, cover up the fact he was being ordered to do those things. there was a two year legal battle that led to today. in the end, today, don mcgahn is question for nearly eight hours by members of the judiciary committee and the house, staff from that committee as well. it happened behind closed doors. according to cnn s reporting today, the interview had a few mildly heated moments. the committee chairman spoke to reporters midway through the proceedings. he said don mcgahn was being cooperative. he reappeared 50 minutes later
to say don mcgahn was being somewhat difficult, and it was only cooperating some of the time. that was 15 minutes later. apparently, mr. mcgahn did tell the committee what he knows and what he saw and that the conclusion of today s testimony, chairman out there told reporters don mckenna to shed new light on several troubling events. another of the few lawmakers that was present in the closed-door session today confirmed don mcgahn detailed but the repeated pressure he got put under from former president trump, and the obstructive act he witnessed. those were laid out in the mueller report as potential instances of felony obstruction of justice. mueller said in the presentation of his report under questioning from congress that know currently sitting president could be prosecuted, could be indicted for those crimes, but a former president could be indicted for crimes like that. that was part of the reason why