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Trump’s Lawyers Operating In the Dark

September 18, 2018 at 6:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Trump’s lawyers have only a limited sense of what many witnesses — including senior administration officials and the president’s business associates — have told investigators and what the Justice Department plans to do with any incriminating information it has about Mr. Trump, according to interviews with more than a dozen people close to the president.”

“What is more, it is not clear if Mr. Trump has given his lawyers a full account of some key events in which he has been involved as president or during his decades running the Trump Organization.”

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