Mueller gets inside help

The top lawyer in the White House has been fully cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice in the Russia probe, it has been reported.

Donald McGahn, the White House counsel, has given lengthy statements to Mueller’s team.

He has spent 30 hours being interview on three separate occasions in the last nine months.

The extent of McGahn’s cooperation was first reported by the New York Times.

McGahn has told the Special Counsel’s investigators about Trump’s responses to the Russia investigation, the President’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, and attempts to pressure AttorneyGeneral Jeff Sessions to reassume control over the probe after he recused himself. The White House counsel also told Mueller’s team about Trump’s attempts to fire the Special Counsel.

The idea that the President's top lawyer would be so forthcoming with prosecutors with potentially damaging information about his client is considered unusual, legal experts told the New York Times.

People close to McGahn told the paper that he decided to fully cooperate with Mueller because he feared Trump was setting him up to take the fall for any potential illegal activity, including obstruction of justice. — Daily Mail