1/ Trump's advisers are correct that "lying to the news media" generally is not criminal conduct. It doesn't follow, however, that Mueller "has no grounds to ask the president about the statement," because remember . . .
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/trump-russia-hope-hicks-mueller.html …
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2/ . . . the investigation is not primarily to bring criminal charges (and probably not at all about indicting the POTUS). Its primary function is to provide a complete and unvarnished account about Russia's role in U.S. campaigns and its relationship with Trump & his campaign.
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They're also missing how many details about the real aspects of the meeting they're revealing while worrying about lying to the media
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