John Dean: White House counsel wise to talk with Mueller

Huffington Post -Nixon administration attorney John Dean told Slate on Saturday that White House counsel Don McGahn did the “right thing” cooperating “extensively” with the ongoing Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, as reported by The New York Times.

McGahn is “doing exactly the right thing, not merely to protect himself, but to protect his client. And his client is not [President] Donald Trump; his client is the office of the president,” said Dean, who was White House counsel under Richard Nixon.

He also said McGahn was smart to make an early move and avoid the risk of being blamed for any potential illegalities.

“I think there is good reason for McGahn to believe that Trump would throw him under the bus, since Trump throws almost everyone under the bus,” Dean said. “Self-preservation is a real motive.”