Trump pressured then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help convince the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop a criminal investigation against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was also a client of Trump’s current personal lawyer,Rudy Giuliani.

…Giuliani reportedly reached out to U.S. officials several times to resolve the situation outside of court.

…Tillerson has openly said that Trump asked him multiple times to do things that would break the law.

Trump asked Tillerson to interfere in DOJ case against Giuliani client: report | TheHill

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