Sean Spicer could find his notebooks at the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russia’s election meddling.
The former White House press secretary was known to take copious notes of his time in the West Wing, according to the Axios news website.
Spicer colleagues said he filled ‘notebook after notebook’ with details of meetings, both during his time at the Republican National Committee, and later in the Trump campaign and administration.
‘Sean documented everything,’ one source said.
Sean Spicer took copious notes in the West Wing and his written records could figure into the special counsel’s Russia probe
Robert Mueller is reportedly seeking to interview Spicer in connection with his investigation into alleged Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election
Spicer’s note-taking was so frequent and compulsive that some of his White House colleagues joked he might be planning to write a tell-all book.
That’s a significant break from the practices of other past press secretaries, who studiously avoided writing things down out of fear that investigators in Congress or the Department of Justice could subpoena them.
Mueller is reportedly seeking to interview Spicer in connection with his Russia probe.
‘People are going to wish they’d been nicer to Sean. … he was in a lot of meetings,’ a White House official told Axios.
He turned testy when the outlet pressed him for details, asking the reporter to stop emailing and texting him, later threatening legal action if he wasn’t left alone.
‘Please refrain from sending me unsolicited texts and emails,’ Spicer told journalist Mike Allen in an email.
‘Should you not do so I will contact the appropriate legal authorities to address your harassment.’
Spicer’s note-taking was so frequent and compulsive that some of his White House colleagues joked he might be planning to write a tell-all book
Spicer could potentially provide details about the activities of Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, two former Trump aides who are known to have had conversations with Russian nationals before Trump became president.
During an interview that aired Thursday on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Spicer refused to address the wide-ranging special counsel probe into whether the president’s campaign colluded with Russia to swing the 2016 election.
‘I’m not going to discuss that issue at all,’ he said, four separate times, using the same exact words in a practiced deflection.
He did say, however, that he would be willing to cooperate if he’s asked to testify.
‘I would do anything – there’s an issue of executive privilege, and as long as that’s not invoked I will do everything to further, to do my part to further this investigation coming to a swift conclusion,’ he said.