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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's legal spokesman quit upon concluding he'd personally witnessed Trump obstructing justice
Former Trump legal team spokesman reportedly quit because he believed statement on Trump Tower meeting was obstruction of justiceExcerpts from journalist Michael Wolff's book on President Donald Trump's White House claim Trump's legal team spokesman resigned because he feared that the president's meeting aboard Air Force One in July 2017 represented obstruction of justice.
Trump had dictated a misleading statement about the substance of a July 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, Donald Trump Jr., other campaign operatives, and Russians.
Several members of Trump's top staff were either present at the meeting or were nearby.
A meeting aboard Air Force One during which President Donald Trump dictated a misleading statement to Donald Trump Jr. about a July 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer reportedly prompted the spokesman for the president's legal team, Mark Corallo, to quit.
Corallo reportedly feared the Air Force One meeting represented obstruction of justice, according to several key excerpts from journalist Michael Wolff's upcoming book on the Trump administration.
Corallo reportedly discussed his reason for his departure with Wolff in private.
The Air Force One meeting, which took place while Trump was flying back from Germany on July 8, was called in response to reports that Trump's son, Trump Jr., had met with a Russian government lawyer in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential election. The statement that came out of the Air Force One discussion said that the topic of the meeting with the Russian lawyer was child adoptions, but days later Trump Jr. admitted he had agreed to the meeting after being promised "dirt" on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Trump's legal spokesman quit upon concluding he'd personally witnessed Trump obstructing justice (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2018
OP
This point and the Bannon, a campaign insider, calling Don Jr's meeting "treason" is the new
uponit7771
Jan 2018
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Is Mark Corallo still alive?
If he is, I suppose someone could ask him. News stories from the time say that Corallo quit, but there's little elaboration. He was on the job a mere two months, then left with the simple, unadorned statement, "I resign."
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)5. He is, but he's eating at McDonald's so he won't be poisoned.
At least, I hope that's what he's doing, along with not flying in small planes.
I'd love to believe the report about the circumstances of his resignation. It seems odd, though, that he would say such a thing to a journalist, even if it's true. He makes his living as a political communications and public relations professional. Prospective future clients would have to worry about what he might reveal about them.
BigmanPigman
(51,673 posts)2. Wow, someone with govt ethics on the moron's team?!
Who knew they even existed at one point.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)3. This point and the Bannon, a campaign insider, calling Don Jr's meeting "treason" is the new
Gothmog
(145,965 posts)4. Trump obstructed justice with that bogus press release
Cha
(298,077 posts)6. Well there ya go!