Muellerreport by Unknown Author

Author:Unknown Author
Language: rus
Format: epub

That afternoon, McGahn notified the President that Yates had come to the White House to discuss concerns about Flynn.1 McGahn described what Yates had told him, and the President asked him to repeat it, so he did.2 McGahn recalled that when he described the FBI interview of Flynn, he said that Flynn did not disclose having discussed sanctions with Kislyak, but that there may not have been a clear violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001.3 The President asked about Section 1001, and McGahn explained the law to him, and also explained the Logan Act.4 The President instructed McGahn to work with Priebus and Bannon to look into the matter further and directed that they not discuss it with any other officials.5 Priebus recalled that the President was angry with Flynn in light of what Yates had told the White House and said, “not again, this guy, this stuff.”6

That evening, the President dined with several senior advisors and asked the group what they thought about FBI Director Comey.7 According to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who was at the dinner, no one openly advocated terminating Comey but the consensus on him was not positive.8 9 Coats told the group that he thought Comey was a good director.138 Coats encouraged the President to meet Comey face-to-face and spend time with him before making a decision about whether to retain him.10

5. McGahn has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump has Dinner with FBI Director Comey

The next day, January 27, 2017, McGahn and Eisenberg discussed the results of Eisenberg’s initial legal research into Flynn’s conduct, and specifically whether Flynn may have violated the Espionage Act, the Logan Act, or 18 U.S.C. § 1001.11 Based on his preliminary research, Eisenberg informed McGahn that there was a possibility that Flynn had violated 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and the Logan Act.12 Eisenberg noted that the United States had never successfully prosecuted an individual under the Logan Act and that Flynn could have possible defenses, and told McGahn that he believed it was unlikely that a prosecutor would pursue a Logan Act charge under the circumstances.13

That same morning, McGahn asked Yates to return to the White House to discuss Flynn again.14 In that second meeting, McGahn expressed doubts that the Department of Justice would bring a Logan Act prosecution against Flynn, but stated that the White House did not want to take action that would interfere with an ongoing FBI investigation of Flynn.15 Yates responded that Department of Justice had notified the White House so that it could take action in response to the information provided.16 McGahn ended the meeting by asking Yates for access to the underlying information the Department of Justice possessed pertaining to Flynn’s discussions with Kislyak.17

Also on January 27, the President called FBI Director Comey and invited him to dinner that evening.18 Priebus recalled that before the dinner, he told the President something like, “don’t talk about Russia, whatever you do,” and the President promised he would not talk about Russia at the dinner.

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