Alleged Mueller Team Preparing Obstruction Indictment Against President Trump and Counter‑Pardon Strategy for Michael Flynn

From: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Sent: 6/13/2018 2:36:34 PM To: Karp, Brad S aS Subject: Re: my suggested type of edits. lets talk he is commited to not doing it - now , if any hint of trouble ill explain on the phone I had a long talk this morning. On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Karp, Brad S <> wrote: Thanks. It's still quite challenging. Will speak shortly to Michael. Brad S. Karp | Chairman Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas | New York, NY 10019-6064 | 1 1://www.paulweiss.com Bio: https://www.paulweiss.com/professionals/partners-and-counsel/Brad-S-Karp.aspx From: jeffrey E. Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 9:37 AM To: Karp, Brad S Subject: Fwd: my suggested type of edits. lets talk my suggested edits ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 7:51 AM Subject: my suggested type of edits. lets talk To: Michael Wolff <r > The Special Counsel's office, nearly leak-proof since its inception more than a year ago and seemingly immune to the President's constant taunts, might appear to be operating in some parallel universe unmoved by the every-day political turmoil. But in the course of conversations I've had recently, as a I research a new book on President Trump and the forces arrayed against him, what has become clear is that Robert Mueller and his office are preparing for a life or death confrontation with the President and the mother of all constitutional crises. My discussions have been with both White House advisors and people close to the investigation. No source involved in this story would speak on the record. The sources firmly believe that Special Counsel has ready an aggressive legal theory for the indictment of the president for obstruction of Justice. In the last few weeks, as the President has indulged his pardon authority, the Mueller team has also developed a legal strategy to oppose the ikely pardon of former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, who had previously struck a plea bargain which could include his testimony against the President. Robert Mueller, according to one person familiar with the Special Counsel's thinking, could hardly contain his disgust when Rudy Giuliani, the President's new lawyer—hired to makes a television case for the President and to push back against the Mueller team—in May airily dismissed the notion that a president can be indicted. Adding insult to injury, Giuliani—who a White House source said had likely learned of aspects of the pending indictment—said Mueller agreed with that assessment. White House sources believe Giuliani was daring the Special Counsel to tip his hand. Mueller, in character, contained his outrage and continued to hold his cards close as his team finished preparing the obstruction case and refined the legal theories under which it would HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030402