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(2/7) According to the president, the Mueller investigation is "the single greatest witch hunt in political history" . . . https://t.co/vpFTRsLERF pic.twitter.com/SEOYwSwMcI

— Karen Yourish (@karenyourish) February 19, 2019

(7/7) But whom or what does he defend the most? President Vladimir V. Putin and Russia.https://t.co/vpFTRsLERF pic.twitter.com/pJ4fOqMH7n

— Karen Yourish (@karenyourish) February 19, 2019

New York Times публикует обзор нападок Трампа на расследование Рашагейта и попыток спустить его с рельс. Новая информация - о давлении на и.о. генрокурора Уитакера, чтобы тот поставил взявшего самоотвод федерального прокурора SDNY (Southern District of New York) Бермана во главе расследований, который ведутся в этом округе.

As the prosecutors closed in, Mr. Trump felt a more urgent need to gain control of the investigation.
He made the call to Mr. Whitaker to see if he could put Mr. Berman in charge of the New York investigation. The inquiry is run by Robert Khuzami, a career prosecutor who took over after Mr. Berman, whom Mr. Trump appointed, recused himself because of a routine conflict of interest.
What exactly Mr. Whitaker did after the call is unclear, but there is no evidence that he took any direct steps to intervene in the Manhattan investigation. He did, however, tell some associates at the Justice Department that the prosecutors in New York required “adult supervision.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-investigations.html



Джеффри Берман, бывший партнер Руди Джулиани, был лично отобран и проинтервьюирован Трампом на замену Приту Бхарара.

President Donald Trump has personally interviewed at least two potential candidates for U.S. attorney positions in New York, according to two sources familiar with the matter — a move that critics say raises questions about whether they can be sufficiently independent from the president.
Trump has interviewed Geoffrey Berman, who is currently at the law firm Greenberg Traurig for the job of U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ed McNally of the firm Kasowitz Benson Torres for the Eastern District post, according to the sources.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/trump-us-attorney-interviews-243962

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