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Giuliani reverses: Trump should interview with Mueller
The Hill ^ | 05/23/2018 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 05/23/2018 12:19:03 PM PDT by GIdget2004

President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he believes that Trump should interview with special counsel Robert Mueller, in a reversal of his previous statements on the topic.

“I guess I’d rather do the interview. It gets it over with it, it makes my client happy,” Giuliani told The Washington Post. “The safe course you hear every lawyer say is don’t do the interview, and that’s easy to say in the abstract. That’s much harder when you have a client who is the president of the United States and wants to be interviewed.”

Giuliani has cast doubt on Trump interviewing with Mueller in the past. He told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Tuesday that if he were to make a decision on the interview in that moment, he would decide against it.

The former New York City mayor told The Post in the new interview that Trump has vacillated over whether or not he wants to interview with Mueller in the probe.

“There have been a few days where he says, ‘maybe you guys are right,’” Giuliani said, referring to members of Trump’s legal team who have warned him against talking with Mueller.

“Then he goes right back to, ‘why shouldn’t I?’” he added.

He also said that he was concerned that a Trump interview with Mueller could be set up to catch the president on a possible perjury charge because “truth is relative.”

“They may have a different version of the truth than we do,” Giuliani said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clickbait; fakenews; giuliani; mueller; muellerinterview; muellerinvestigation; muellertrump; rudy; spygate; trumpmueller
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To: Genoa

No, it is simply this:

He took away a bargaining chip Trump had. Trump can play/string along people until the very end. There is profit in that, if one is patient and diligent. Trump could uncover a bunch more by playing them and still cancel the minute before the interview.


81 posted on 05/23/2018 1:38:46 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: atc23

I hope so


82 posted on 05/23/2018 1:39:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Eddie01

LOL


83 posted on 05/23/2018 1:40:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: GIdget2004

Just say no.


84 posted on 05/23/2018 1:40:27 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Eddie01

I completely agree!


85 posted on 05/23/2018 1:40:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Eddie01

I completely agree!


86 posted on 05/23/2018 1:41:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: GIdget2004

I like Rudy, but I think he’s been a TV commentator too long. He’s lost his edge.


87 posted on 05/23/2018 1:41:48 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: GIdget2004; Donald J Trump
Dear Mr. President:

DON'T TALK TO THE POLICE

88 posted on 05/23/2018 1:43:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ConservativeMind

Next up:

On the advice of my council

I will not sit down for an interview with Mr. Mueller.

I just can’t do it folks


89 posted on 05/23/2018 1:44:04 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: GIdget2004

Go home, Rudy! You fool!


90 posted on 05/23/2018 1:44:20 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Silly rabbit! Mueller caucuses with demonrats. They don’t have to obey rules. They’re special. ;-)


91 posted on 05/23/2018 1:50:35 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: 1Old Pro

“Like watching a tennis match.”
__________________________________

More like watching a train wreck.

What the hell does Giuliani bring to the table?

His very first appearance as President Trump’s attorney was on Sean Hannity’s TV show. It was a disaster and his “lawyering” has been downhill from there.


92 posted on 05/23/2018 1:51:32 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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To: Eddie01

I like me some optimism… Because I feel the same.


93 posted on 05/23/2018 1:56:05 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: GIdget2004

Even if Mueller said Trump told him that his car is red, but the registration said it was ‘crimson,’ his pathetic ‘obstruction of justice charge’ would go nowhere. Mueller would get crushed by public opinion.


94 posted on 05/23/2018 1:56:11 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Eddie01

Chances are a still small that Trump talks to Mueller. So yes it’s rope a dope.


95 posted on 05/23/2018 1:59:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: GIdget2004

Giuliani should retire... He’s lost a step


96 posted on 05/23/2018 2:03:33 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Arm_Bears

Trump should go in to talk with Mueller, walk in, sit down, & say “You’re Fired”.

They could even make a show about it.


97 posted on 05/23/2018 2:05:19 PM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: GIdget2004

Moreover, Trump will propose something that seems to go against his grain or his best interests, but he’s really using tactics to get his opponent(s) talking looking for an opening that he can exploit.


98 posted on 05/23/2018 2:05:47 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: GIdget2004

Early onset dementia Rudy? Rudy seems as confused as when appearing before thr Diocesan Annulment Tribunal he said he never realized his first wife was his first cousin. Guess he never questioned why the wedding guests all looked so familiar.


99 posted on 05/23/2018 2:07:29 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Red Steel

President Trump will NEVER talk to Mueller.

Can you imagine what it is like to wake up everyday as Mueller?

...in some imaginary universe, old political allies backing off, shortening calls.

Next he’ll be invited to an empty house to get made.

There is a powder keg about to explode - Trump wins it all - no question.


100 posted on 05/23/2018 2:12:39 PM PDT by Eddie01
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