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(Newser) – The New York Times has a front-page story Monday detailing the friction among attorneys on President Trump's legal team over how fully to cooperate with Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Also interesting, however, is how the newspaper got the scoop: It seems that reporter Kenneth Vogel went to lunch at a steakhouse in DC and happened to sit near Trump attorneys Ty Cobb and John Dowd. (Vogel even tweeted a photo of the two men.)
During lunch, Cobb and Dowd talked casually, and loudly, about the investigation and in particular about their frustration with White House counsel Donald McGahn. (Cobb is a high-powered outside attorney brought in to manage the White House response to the Mueller investigation.) The steakhouse is close to the White House and also happens to be next door to the Times' Washington bureau, notes the Washington Post.
The short version is that Cobb wants to quickly turn over all documents even remotely connected to the Russia investigation to Mueller, in order to get the matter resolved, while McGhan is pushing for a more cautious approach. "The White House counsel’s office is being very conservative with this stuff," Cobb told Dowd at the lunch. "Our view is we’re not hiding anything."
He also referred to a unnamed colleague he viewed as a "McGhan spy" and to somebody he blamed for leaks to the media who had "tried to push Jared out." More cryptically, he said McGhan "had a couple documents locked in a safe" that Cobb apparently wanted. The Times story adds that Cobb got chewed out by McGhan and Trump chief of staff John Kelly when the newspaper called to ask about Cobb's loud lunch comments.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: network dude
Trump: Frightening, yet refreshing.
Sounds like a good 2020 slogan. LOL
originally posted by: SilverOwls
a reply to: network dude
He's as unpopular as a bad fart in hell. But you're right about it being refreshing to have an open politician. The rest should take notes and be less arrogant.
It'll be back to business soon enough with tight lipped bull#ters back in the Oval Office.
Vote Kid Rock 2020
I'm still holding out hope for Duane Johnson to run. Perhaps he could take Kid Rock as his Veep. "The Rock, and Kid Rock. together again, for "Merica! We have the notoriety to get it done."
originally posted by: LadyJae
I'm still holding out hope for Duane Johnson to run. Perhaps he could take Kid Rock as his Veep. "The Rock, and Kid Rock. together again, for "Merica! We have the notoriety to get it done."
Along with Undertaker as Secretary of Defense, Stone Cold as Speaker of the House, and John Cena as Press Secretary. LOL!
Oooooh, lawdy
J
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: intrptr
We know trump did it from the emails saying that he did it lol...
www.nytimes.com...
originally posted by: neomaximus10
It said the convo was recorded....isnt it illegal to secretely record someone, and then publish it? Or am i not understanding.