Trump Legal Team Navigates Minefield Ahead of Possible Mueller Interview

A meeting between President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller may finally arrive. A source familiar with the Russia investigation told NBC News that Trump’s legal team met with representatives from the special counsel’s office in late-December and is preparing for a possible sit down, or written responses to questions, within the next few weeks.

But as Mueller’s office looks toward gaining further insight into Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, along with the business ties of former national security advisor Mike Flynn, the president’s legal team is navigating a minefield.

“Trump’s lawyers don’t have access to the information that Mueller has,” Kimberly Wehle, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and associate independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation, told Observer. “Trump’s team has to wonder how much their own client has told them. They can’t send their client in there to incriminate himself, but they also don’t know if they have the whole story to be able to protect him.”

Communication with Mueller’s office gives Trump two options: Negotiate a plea deal or provide a grand jury testimony. The former implies an admission of guilt, while the latter opens the president up to commit perjury. If the president does not agree to either of these routes, he can be subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

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