“I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. I told you he was a goddamn dumbbell. What are we dealing with this idiot for?'”
— Trump personal lawyer John Dowd, quoted in Bob Woodward’s Fear, explaining to special counsel Robert Mueller that letting President Trump testify could be a national security risk.
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