‘Get the emails’: Mueller interview notes reveal Trump campaign hunt to damage Clinton

Published November 2, 2019 11:21pm ET



Newly released interview notes from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation show President Trump’s campaign tried to obtain and leverage information damaging to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The chaotic effort can be traced to Trump himself, who tasked subordinates with tracking down two sets of emails, according to a 274-page batch of mostly redacted investigative interview notes released by the Justice Department via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Buzzfeed.

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