Analysis: The Matthew Whitaker perjury question
that President Trump had asked whether U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman could be un-recused in the Southern District of New York’s investigation of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. I found that it’s theoretically possible that Whitaker perjured himself — but probably not for the reasons people think.
The other big thing to remember about this quote is that it wasn’t just something Whitaker said off the cuff during an exchange with a lawmaker. It was part of his prepared opening statement. It was something that probably had been reviewed and parsed beforehand to make sure it was technically true. That doesn’t mean it can’t be a lie, but it would represent a colossal foul-up to prepare such a lie and deliver it.
CICILLINE: Mr. Whitaker. Did the President lash out at you after Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress about a Trump organization project to build a tower in Moscow? CICILLINE: Did -- did -- I’m asking you, Mr. Whitaker. Did the President lash out at you? Not asking what he tweeted. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the veracity of his tweets. I’m asking you under oath.CICILLINE: Sir, answer the question yes or no, did the President lash out to you about Mr.
To believe that’s true, we’d need to believe that Trump talked about getting Berman un-recused from the Cohen inquiry without somehow expressing dissatisfaction. That’s possible, but why else would Trump want that to happen if he wasn’t dissatisfied? The question from there becomes whether Trump actually expressed his ire.
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