Yakov A. Jerkov

Краткая версия. Адвокат Трампа сказал, что молится о том, чтобы Розенштейн последовал примеру Сешнса, уволившего Маккейба, и прекратил расследование Мюллера. При этом он, адвокат, сказал, что говорит от лица Трампа. Затем испугался и сказал, что президент тут ни при чем, он говорил от лица самого себя.

Это тот же адвокат, который не так давно сообщил, что твит Трампа, в котором Трамп говорит, что уволил Флинна потому, что Флинн врал ФБР, написал не Трамп, а он, адвокат.

Trump Lawyer Says Special Counsel Inquiry Should Be Ended

A lawyer for President Trump said on Saturday that Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing the special counsel’s investigation into ties between Russia and Mr. Trump’s campaign, should end the inquiry.

The remark represented an extraordinary shift in the public strategy by the Trump legal team. For months, Mr. Trump’s advisers have urged the president to avoid any criticism of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and the president’s lawyers had done nothing publicly that could agitate Mr. Mueller’s team.

The Trump lawyer, John Dowd, made the statement to The Daily Beast a day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired the deputy F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, who was among the first officials at the bureau to scrutinize the possible links between Russia and the Trump team.

“I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the F.B.I. Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt dossier,” Mr. Dowd said in his statement.

Mr. Dowd said he was speaking on behalf of the president. But in a subsequent statement issued on Saturday morning by Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Mr. Dowd backtracked, saying that he had been “speaking for myself, not the president.”

He did not elaborate on why he was calling for the end of the investigation, saying only: “Just end it on the merits in light of recent revelations.”

Attempts to reach Mr. Dowd were unsuccessful.