Trump sought to obstruct Mueller — but White House aides wouldn’t do it, report finds via Isikoff
WASHINGTON — President Trump committed “multiple acts” aimed at obstructing the Russia investigation, but was ultimately saved from being charged with a crime in part because his top aides refused to carry out his orders.
Still, the report spells out how an enraged president repeatedly sought to either shut down or curtail an investigation he was convinced from the outset was a “witch hunt” that was unfairly targeting him. Those new details help explain Mueller’s conclusion that while the investigation did not establish that the president committed a crime, “it also does not exonerate him.”
On June 19, 2017, Trump met in the Oval Office with his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and directed him to give a message to then Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had infuriated Trump when he recused himself from the Russia probe. Mueller’s report, for example, sheds new light on what happened when the White House learned about damning emails concerning the notorious June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian operatives offering incriminating information about Hillary Clinton straight from Kremlin files.
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