And their greatest fear is that he'll find out.
By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 16 at 12:29 PM As we await Attorney General William P. Barr’s redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on the investigation into the Russia scandal, some people in the White House are getting nervous. Are they afraid their own wrongdoing will be revealed?
Some of the officials and their lawyers have sought clarity from the Justice Department on whether the names of those who cooperated with Mueller’s team will be redacted or if the public report will be written in a way that makes it obvious who shared certain details of Trump’s actions that were part of the obstruction of justice probe, people familiar with the discussions said. But, they said, the Justice Department has refused to elaborate.
Second, it tells us that Trump expected them to lie under oath. Or, at the very least, to conceal things. A different president might say to his staffers, “I know that it might cause some political problems for me, but when you get questioned, you have to just tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. There’s no other choice, and I won’t blame you for it.”
A number of those people have been indicted or pleaded guilty for lying to one official body or another. But some people around Trump, at least, didn’t want to suffer the same fate, so they apparently told investigators the truth. Now they’re worried that the report will confirm this, and that it will enrage Trump. So what do they do now?
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