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Стоило ненадолго отлучиться, как произошло много событий по теме сообщества. Напишу вкратце об основных:



1. Попытки помешать правосудию (obstruction of justice) со стороны Трампа стали практически доказанным фактом. В эти попытки входят многочисленные эпизоды давления на Сешнса с тем, чтобы он отозвал свой самоотвод от расследования Рашагейта.

By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days. Mr. Sessions had flown to Florida because Mr. Trump was refusing to take his calls about a pressing decision on his travel ban.
When they met, Mr. Trump was ready to talk — but not about the travel ban. His grievance was with Mr. Sessions: The president objected to his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Mr. Trump, who had told aides that he needed a loyalist overseeing the inquiry, berated Mr. Sessions and told him he should reverse his decision, an unusual and potentially inappropriate request.
Mr. Sessions refused.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/us/politics/trump-sessions-obstruction.html

President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.
https://www.axios.com/trump-pressure-sessions-mueller-investigation-30e0f930-e688-47da-8f20-411864cea471.html



В них же входит эпизод с тем, как Трамп лично продиктовал ложное сообщение о встрече своего сына с Весельницкой. Информация об этом подтвердилась в письме адвокатов Трампа Мюллеру, опубликованному New York Times.

"Let's focus on what the President was aware of: nothing," insisted Sekulow on CNN's "New Day." "I wasn't involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the President. I'm assuming that was between Mr. Donald Trump Jr. and his lawyers. I'm sure his lawyer was involved, that's how you do it. To put this on the President, I think, is absolutely incorrect."
By the following month, the White House hedging began. "The President weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information that he had," said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders about Trump's involvement in the statement.
Neither of those statements were accurate, it turns out. How do we know? Because the Trump legal team, in a 20-page January memo to special counsel Robert Mueller, first obtained by The New York Times, said they weren't accurate.
"You have received all of the notes, communications and testimony indicating that the President dictated a short but accurate response to The New York Times article on behalf of his son, Donald Trump, Jr.," the memo read.
So. In less than a year, we have gone from a) the President was aware of "nothing" about the statement to b) he "weighed in" like any father would to c) he dictated the entire statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/donald-trump-jr-trump-tower-meeting/index.html

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