McGahn Ordered to Fire Mueller
🟣 Cover-ups & Obstruction ·
Jun 17, 2017
Summary
The Mueller Report documented 10 specific episodes of potential obstruction of justice by Trump. The most direct: on June 17, 2017, Trump called White House Counsel Don McGahn twice, ordering him to contact Deputy AG Rosenstein and direct him to fire Special Counsel Mueller. McGahn refused and threatened to resign. When the incident became public in January 2018, Trump ordered McGahn to create a false written denial for the files, McGahn refused again. Mueller found ‘substantial evidence’ supporting multiple counts of obstruction and explicitly stated the report ‘does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.’ Mueller declined to prosecute solely due to DOJ policy against indicting a sitting president, preserving the evidence for potential future prosecution. Other documented episodes included: pressuring Sessions to un-recuse himself, attempting to limit Mueller’s investigation scope, dangling pardons to witnesses, and pressuring Flynn’s defense team to limit cooperation.
Key Figures
Donald Trump, Don McGahn, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Jeff Sessions, Michael Flynn
Institutions Involved
Sources
- Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election
- House Judiciary Committee Interview Of - Don McGahn
- The 10 instances of possible obstruction in Mueller report