President Trump took a swipe at Aaron Zebley, Robert Mueller’s aide, saying he should “not be allowed” to sit in on the special counsel’s testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees.
“So Robert Mueller has now asked for his long time Never Trumper lawyer to sit beside him and help with answers. What’s this all about?” Trump said Tuesday night on Twitter. “His lawyer represented the ‘basement server guy’ who got off free in the Crooked Hillary case. This should NOT be allowed. Rigged Witch Hunt!”
So Robert Mueller has now asked for his long time Never Trumper lawyer to sit beside him and help with answers. What’s this all about? His lawyer represented the “basement server guy” who got off free in the Crooked Hillary case. This should NOT be allowed. Rigged Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2019
Mueller requested Tuesday that Zebley sit next to him during his testimony before the two House committees on Wednesday.
“Aaron Zebley was the Deputy Special Counsel and had day-to-day oversight of the investigations conducted by the Office,” a spokesperson for the special counsel’s office said. “He will accompany Special Counsel Mueller to the Wednesday hearings, as was discussed with the committees more than a week ago.”
Zebley, his chief of staff during the investigation, was the lawyer for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s IT aide, who both set up her private email server and destroyed her cellphones with a hammer.
