One flight out of D.C. certainly brought awkward to new heights.
A photo obtained by Politico Playbook showed both Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, waiting at gate 35X at Reagan National Airport on Friday morning.
Mueller can be seen seated and reading a newspaper; Trump Jr. is standing against the wall on his phone.
From the photo, it’s unclear whether the two men are oblivious to one another or deliberately avoiding eye contact.
But while it might appear Mueller is now physically closing in on Trump’s inner circle, the special counsel’s office assured Fox News he didn’t know the presidential son was there.
“If it’s accurate that the other person in the photo was Donald Trump Jr., Mr. Mueller was not aware of him and had no interaction with him,” spokesman Peter Carr said.
Fox News confirmed that the person in the photo is the president’s son. A source said he didn’t know Mueller was in his midst.
SPOTTED: Robert Mueller & Donald Trump Jr. at Gate 35X at Ronald Reagan Airport. Sign up for Playbook: https://t.co/M0TS67Oeqj pic.twitter.com/zg4QKPi3JH
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I wonder if this is obstruction because it wasn’t on the tarmac!
If this article used the same “reasoning” (a word I use loosely) as the Mueller’s “investigation” (another word I use loosely) then this would be irrefutable evidence of collusion between Trump and Mueller’s investigation.