LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ‘has got a real problem’ after the latest revelations regarding White House counsel Don McGahn’s interviews with special counsel investigators, according to John Dean, who served in the same role for President Richard Nixon. CNN has reported McGahn’s lawyers did not give Trump’s lawyers a full debriefing on McGahn’s interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, according to a person familiar with the matter. The New York Times reported this past weekend that McGahn met with the special counsel for a total of 30 hours over the past nine months…On Sunday [8-19-18], Trump referenced Dean in a Twitter post lashing out at a Times report from the day before, claiming it falsely said McGahn must be ‘a John Dean type ‘RAT’ for giving hours of testimony to the special counsel, and adding that he ‘allowed him and all others to testify,’ referring to McGahn. Dean is known for his cooperation with prosecutors during the Watergate investigation after serving as White House counsel for Nixon. CNN also reported on Sunday that, according to a source, during the three interviews with the special counsel team, McGahn did not provide incriminating information about the President.”
–Sophie Tatum, “John Dean: ‘I think Trump has got a real problem’ after McGahn’s interviews with Mueller,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 20, 2018 6:17 pm