By Christal Hayes
USA TODAY
June 2, 2018
Lawyers for President Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in a confidential letter that the president would not comply with requests for an interview, could end the special counsel’s investigation and could use his executive powers to pardon if needed.
The January 2018 letter, along with a second letter sent in June 2017, was obtained by The New York Times and provide the clearest view yet of Trump’s legal strategy in Mueller’s wide-ranging investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice.