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President Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the Russia probe. President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation.
Trump’s lawyers are working to corral the probe and question the propriety of the special counsel’s work. The president is irritated that Mueller’s probe could reach into his and his family’s finances. The Russia investigation should spread into scrutinizing many years of Trump dealmaking and several years of his tax returns.
Trump has repeatedly refused to make his tax returns public after first claiming he could not do so because he was under audit or after promising to release them after an IRS audit was completed. Trump’s outside lawyers spokesman, Mark Corallo, resigned on Thursday.
Bloomberg News reports that Mueller is scrutinizing Trump’s business dealings, including with a Russian oligarch who purchased a Palm Beach mansion from Trump for $95 million in 2008.
Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in a written order. That order gave Mueller broad authority to investigate links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise from the investigation”, and any crimes committed in response to the investigation, such as perjury or obstruction of justice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.3d19b704a505
Trump’s lawyers are working to corral the probe and question the propriety of the special counsel’s work. The president is irritated that Mueller’s probe could reach into his and his family’s finances. The Russia investigation should spread into scrutinizing many years of Trump dealmaking and several years of his tax returns.
Trump has repeatedly refused to make his tax returns public after first claiming he could not do so because he was under audit or after promising to release them after an IRS audit was completed. Trump’s outside lawyers spokesman, Mark Corallo, resigned on Thursday.
Bloomberg News reports that Mueller is scrutinizing Trump’s business dealings, including with a Russian oligarch who purchased a Palm Beach mansion from Trump for $95 million in 2008.
Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in a written order. That order gave Mueller broad authority to investigate links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise from the investigation”, and any crimes committed in response to the investigation, such as perjury or obstruction of justice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.3d19b704a505
