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Giuliani: Trump would agree to interview with Mueller if no questions on obstruction
The Hill ^ | 07/23/18 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 07/23/2018 8:40:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Rudy Giuliani said Monday that he's indicated to special counsel Robert Mueller that President Trump would agree to an interview if questions were focused only on whether his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election.

Giuliani told Bloomberg News that the interview would only go forward if questions about obstruction of justice were completely ruled out. The former New York City mayor expressed concerns that Trump might be susceptible to perjuring himself if Mueller believes the versions of events presented by other witnesses.

Bloomberg reported that Mueller has not yet responded to Giuliani's proposal.

The president has previously said on the record that he would be willing to talk with Mueller for his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In an interview with CBS News last week, Trump reiterated that he's "always wanted to do an interview, because, look, there’s been no collusion."

However, he said his lawyers were responsible for working out such an interview.

Giuliani, meanwhile, has repeatedly cast doubt on the chances Trump will sit for an interview. He said earlier this month that an interview is "probably further away" than before following congressional testimony from FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was removed from Mueller's probe after he was found to have sent texts critical of Trump during the 2016 election.

Trump has repeatedly railed against the Mueller probe as a "witch hunt" and a "hoax."

Mueller has thus far filed charges against more than 20 Russian nationals, including 12 Russian intelligence officials, for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election.

He has also obtained guilty pleas or indictments against four former Trump associates thus far.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: giuliani; mueller; obstruction; trump; trumprussia
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1 posted on 07/23/2018 8:40:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Good job on wrapping up that Muller thing in a week or two, Rudy.


2 posted on 07/23/2018 8:42:45 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Why, dear Lord, should Trump even move an inch toward the line in the sand that keeps moving away?


3 posted on 07/23/2018 8:44:03 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: yesthatjallen

How about this instead: Muller agrees to be questioned by Judicial Watch.


4 posted on 07/23/2018 8:46:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Seriously have to be an Idiot to not see what the game is here.

Which one if the avowed Trump Haters will ask the Questions?

Only answer is Hell No!

Sessions is Mueller’s Star Witness.



5 posted on 07/23/2018 8:46:50 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: yesthatjallen

Quit toying with Weasel Mueller and cut his paper foundation out from under him and RosenWeasel. With a Judicial finding.


6 posted on 07/23/2018 8:48:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: yesthatjallen

Mueller is shortly going to crash and burn all on his own.

Be smart and keep your distance Don’t give him something that will keep him afloat for one more minute.


7 posted on 07/23/2018 8:50:27 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: Paladin2

As long as DJT polls above 30%. There is no reason to do anything but Fire Mueller. Trump has an army out here in middle America. Most have passed recent NICS checks. MAGA


8 posted on 07/23/2018 8:53:52 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Why does Mueller need an interview with Trump at all?


9 posted on 07/23/2018 8:56:00 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: yesthatjallen

Why are you doing this crap, Rudy? WHY?

Trump owes Mueller exactly squat. Tell him to go piss up a rope. I’d like to see them try to bring any charges against Trump world after their 3-ring circus of a corrupt “investigation”. The American people know a frame and railroad job when they see it.

So just shut up Rudy.


10 posted on 07/23/2018 8:56:10 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: yesthatjallen

NO interview. EVER. Take it to the SCOTUS. Let him lose. then release and declassify all of Mueller’s emails regarding the Tsarnaev Brothers prior to the Boston Bombing.


11 posted on 07/23/2018 8:56:15 PM PDT by montag813
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To: yesthatjallen

Rudy needs to STOP RUNNING HIS MOUTH.


12 posted on 07/23/2018 8:57:17 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: yesthatjallen

Trump interview with Deep State crooked prosecutor Mueller: bad, Bad, BAD idea !


13 posted on 07/23/2018 9:03:37 PM PDT by A strike (Natural events are just God moving His stuff around.)
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To: AnthonySoprano
Sessions is Mueller’s Star Witness.

That is my belief, and probably why Trump has been reluctant to fire him. Sessions has already stabbed Trump in the back, why give him the opportunity to do it again. I think everything hangs on this coming election. If the dems win, or it is a wash, Trump is in real trouble. The repubs will be emboldened to continue not supporting Trump. If there is a red wave, the repubs will grudgingly have to support him. At least that is what I think.
14 posted on 07/23/2018 9:05:29 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: montag813

I agree. Just plain NO. Why put yourself out there?


15 posted on 07/23/2018 9:05:54 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: yesthatjallen

Am I the only one who wishes Giuliani would just STFU?


16 posted on 07/23/2018 9:05:56 PM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: AnthonySoprano

He knows what it is all about. The question is what are his own plans for the interview? Or will he keep pushing it a bit farther off? He is not going to get trapped in a process crime by Mueller and might spring a trap on Mueller. Trump is cannier than any of the schmucks he has to deal with.


17 posted on 07/23/2018 9:07:09 PM PDT by arthurus (\\|//`,//|\\.0+0)
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To: Shethink13

No. Not even close.


18 posted on 07/23/2018 9:07:24 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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This is strategically smart.

We know they have no Russian collusion or conspiracy evidence or they wouldn’t be attempting to flip Manafort etc.

So, if they agree to know obstruction questions, they have no reason to interview Trump - that is the only trap they have left.

By not agreeing to this, they are admitting that they have nefarious reasons to interview Trump.

Brilliant strategy.


19 posted on 07/23/2018 9:07:41 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: AnthonySoprano

If, and I mean it should not happen, but IF he was interviewed by Mueller, the answer to each and every question should be, “I don’t recall”.


20 posted on 07/23/2018 9:07:59 PM PDT by fhayek
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