Circling in on the guy at the top

[Former NY federal attorney Preet] Bharara predicted that Trump will want to meet with Mueller and his investigative team, even if his lawyers advise against it. The meeting with a "high profile, potential target" like the president would likely come as the special counsel is nearing the end of his probe.

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"Now, the president doesn't have to talk, but I imagine the president will talk because that's what he does," he added.

  The Hill

Trump’s legal team sat down with representatives from the special counsel’s office in late December.

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Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the president’s legal team is discussing a range of potential options for the format, including written responses to questions in lieu of a formal sit-down, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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Trump’s legal team is seeking clarification on whether the president would be interviewed directly by Mueller, as well as the legal standard for when a president can be interviewed, the location of a possible interview, the topics and the duration. But the president’s team is also seeking potential compromises that could avoid an interview altogether, two of those interviewed told NBC News.

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In addition to the possibility of suggesting the president submit written responses in place of an interview, a second person familiar with the president’s legal strategy said another possibility being contemplated was an affidavit signed by the president affirming he was innocent of any wrongdoing and denying any collusion

  NBC

Yeah, Mueller would accept that, sure.

“Prosecutors want to see and hear folks in person,” said Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and chief of staff to FBI Director Comey. [...] The odds of prosecutors agreeing to written responses are somewhere between infinitesimally small and zero."

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Robert Dallek, a presidential historian, said any risk in Trump speaking to the special counsel under oath depends on what he would say.

“It very much depends on whether the president has things to hide. If there’s really nothing to hide, then I would think there’s no danger in him sitting down with anyone and speaking freely to them,” Dallek said. "But if there are things to hide, obviously there are risks."

Number one: he definitely has things to hide. Number two: there's always a danger of letting someone like Trump testify to the FBI. His propensity to blab and let things slip could even give them another lead to follow to something they don't already know about. And anyone near him would be in danger of having him spill some beans on them. I think the lawyers will do everything they can to try to keep him from being interviewed.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.