- Jul 19, 2003
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"President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office.
"Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request."
It will be interesting to see what further comes out on this story, but it would be yet another crime committed by the President. It also points out, again, how the President works like a "mob boss" (assuming the story is true) wanting one of his top officials to "do the dirty work" of stopping the investigation, so Trump would not be the one actually "committing the crime."
"Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request."
It will be interesting to see what further comes out on this story, but it would be yet another crime committed by the President. It also points out, again, how the President works like a "mob boss" (assuming the story is true) wanting one of his top officials to "do the dirty work" of stopping the investigation, so Trump would not be the one actually "committing the crime."