By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
President Trump should be prepared to respond faster than Congress to Thursday’s release of Robert Mueller’s report because Justice Department officials “have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions” reached by the special counsel in recent days, The New York Times reports.
As a result, the president’s legal team will have a leg up on rebutting some of the claims and preparing a strategy to what is likely to be a contentious fight over the report’s findings.
The report also may identify members of Trump’s administration who offered damaging information about the president to the special counsel team.
The meetings with White House lawyers also raise more questions about Attorney General William Barr’s involvement in the report.
Barr plans to discuss the findings at a press conference at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. At 11 a.m., the Justice Department plans to deliver the report to Congress.
