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Organizations
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Events
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Book excerpt / legal production document (house oversight committee)
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Summary
This document is a page from a book (Chapter 1: BULLSEYE) stamped with a House Oversight production number. It describes a meeting in late February 2018 where lawyer John Dowd informs President Trump about imminent subpoenas for Trump Organization business records. The text details Trump's angry reaction and his expectation that lawyers should 'fix' problems and make them 'go away.'
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Donald Trump | President / CEO |
Subject of the text; reacting negatively to news about potential subpoenas regarding his business records.
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| John Dowd | Personal Lawyer to the President |
Trying to explain to Trump that prosecutors were likely to issue a subpoena.
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| Don McGahn | White House Counsel |
Mentioned at the bottom of the page as representing the White House.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Trump Organization |
Target of potential subpoenas for business records.
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| White House |
Place of employment for Don McGahn; implied setting of the interaction.
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| House Oversight Committee |
The entity associated with the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021124'.
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Timeline (1 events)
Late February 2018
John Dowd briefing President Trump on potential subpoenas regarding Trump Organization business records, resulting in a rant from the President.
Implied White House or Presidential setting
Relationships (2)
Text identifies Dowd as 'His personal lawyer'.
McGahn identified as 'White House counsel'.
Key Quotes (3)
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,270 characters)
1
BULLSEYE
The president made his familiar stink-in-the-room face, then waved his hands as though to ward off a bug.
"Don't tell me this," he said. "Why are you telling me this?"
His personal lawyer John Dowd, in late February 2018, little more than a year into Trump's tenure, was trying to explain that prosecutors were likely to issue a subpoena for some of the Trump Organization business records.
Trump seemed to respond less to the implications of such a deep dive into his affairs than to having to hear about it at all. His annoyance set off a small rant. It was not so much about people out to get him—and people were surely out to get him—but that nobody was defending him. The problem was his own people. Especially his lawyers.
Trump wanted his lawyers to "fix" things. "Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions," was a favorite CEO bromide that he often repeated. He judged his lawyers by their under-the-table or sleight-of-hand skill and held them accountable when they could not make problems disappear. His problems became their fault. "Make it go away" was one of his frequent orders. It was often said in triplicate: "Make it go away, make go away, make it go away."
The White House counsel Don McGahn—representing the Whi
"Don't tell me this," he said. "Why are you telling me this?"
His personal lawyer John Dowd, in late February 2018, little more than a year into Trump's tenure, was trying to explain that prosecutors were likely to issue a subpoena for some of the Trump Organization business records.
Trump seemed to respond less to the implications of such a deep dive into his affairs than to having to hear about it at all. His annoyance set off a small rant. It was not so much about people out to get him—and people were surely out to get him—but that nobody was defending him. The problem was his own people. Especially his lawyers.
Trump wanted his lawyers to "fix" things. "Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions," was a favorite CEO bromide that he often repeated. He judged his lawyers by their under-the-table or sleight-of-hand skill and held them accountable when they could not make problems disappear. His problems became their fault. "Make it go away" was one of his frequent orders. It was often said in triplicate: "Make it go away, make go away, make it go away."
The White House counsel Don McGahn—representing the Whi
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021124
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