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Originally Posted by detbuch
Rosenstein's letter appointing Mueller as Special Council tasked him, among other things, to "find any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Trump." So, if the investigation found coordination between Trump and the Russian government, would he have been prevented by OLC policy to conclude that there was coordination?
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I don't know the answer, but perhaps the answer to your question is part of why Trump is trying so hard to prevent McGhan and Mueller from testifying. If he had nothing to worry about he'd be pushing for it.
Jennifer Rubin asked Lawrence Tribe if either could be prevented from testifying and he said: "Of course there is no way Trump can stop Bob Mueller from testifying, There is no executive privilege between them, and obviously no attorney-client privilege, and Mueller doesn't even work for Trump. Until he leaves [the Justice Department], he works for Barr. And Barr has no conceivable basis to stop Mueller from testifying. Mueller is free to leave [Justice] at any time and will then be simply a private citizen."
"Only a dictator can tell a private citizen not to testify in a duly constituted legislative or parliamentary inquiry into the head of state's conduct," Tribe concludes. "And though Trump might fancy himself a dictator, that's not the reality. Not yet, anyway."