2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered written questions to President Donald Trump and his lawyers about a potential Russian conspiracy with the Republican’s 2016 campaign to influence the election, according to a source familiar with the matter. The submitted questions bypass — for now — a high-stakes legal fight over whether Mueller will try to force a sit-down interview with the president via subpoena. It also represents a small breakthrough in negotiations between Trump’s lawyers and the special counsel that have been moving ahead in fits and starts for nearly a year. In sending over their written questions, Mueller’s prosecutors told the president’s legal team they wouldn’t rule out asking the president follow-ups based on the answers they get, the source said. It’s unclear how long Trump’s team has to answer Mueller’s questions. Even so, the president’s lawyers have been preparing for months to respond to the special counsel on the record and under penalty of perjury if they give false or misleading responses.”
–Darren Samuelsohn, “Trump lawyers working on answers to Mueller’s Russia conspiracy questions,” Politico, October 11, 2018 6:27 pm