NEW: Pres. Trump urged then-Sec. of State Rex Tillerson in a 2017 Oval Office meeting to push the Justice Dept. to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader represented by Rudy Giuliani, a source with direct knowledge tells ABC News.
During a 2017 oval office meeting, President Donald Trump urged then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to push the Department of Justice to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was being represented by Rudy Giuliani, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The meeting was first reported by Bloomberg.
The source with knowledge told ABC News that many top level aides including Tillerson and then-White House chief of staff John Kelly told the president he could not get involved in the matter saying it would be interfering in an ongoing criminal investigation. A person familiar with the matter said the Justice Department never considered dropping the criminal case. In addition to Giuliani, Zarrab was also being represented by former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
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