President Trump Takes Aim At Mueller Probe
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So I asked Dowd about a report that The canada goose outlet england New canada goose outlet store near me York Times has that Mueller has recently sent questions over to Trump’s legal team, and Dowd wouldn’t discuss that, but then he described the relationship with the special counsel. He says, he won’t discuss the constructive and productive communications with the office of the special counsel. So there’s the warm again.
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