Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed in an interview Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team had assured him that the obstruction of justice portion of Mueller’s probe would conclude by Sept. 1.
The New York Times reported Giuliani’s comments, but did not quote all of them verbatim.
Giuliani argued to the Times that the investigation could have improper political consequences if it went on too long.
“You don’t want another repeat of the 2016 election where you get contrary reports at the end and you don’t know how it affected the election,” Giuliani said, referring to then-FBI Director James Comey’s reopening of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server days before the 2016 presidential election.
Giuliani claimed Mueller had shared his schedule for the obstruction probe “about two weeks ago,” in the paper’s words, “amid negotiations over whether Mr. Trump will be questioned by investigators.”
Allowing for preparation time, Giuliani told the Times, Trump could be questioned by Mueller’s team around July 4th.
Wait … I thought Giuliani said he was going to get it all cleared up in two weeks. He couldn’t have been not telling the truth, could he? I’m shocked, shocked I say.
Well I claim Mueller’s gonna Mueller for exactly as long as he thinks is necessary, and without a whole lot of tears shed for whether it hurts Republican electoral fortunes. I further claim Giuliani says a lot of things that turn out to be wishful thinking at best. For my last claim I claim that if he’s trying to buffalo Mueller it won’t work.
“You don’t want another repeat of the 2016 election where you get contrary reports at the end and you don’t know how it affected the election,” Giuliani said, referring to then-FBI Director James Comey’s reopening of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server days before the 2016 presidential election.
This is a little rich considering Guliani’s culpability in all of these shenanigans in conjunction with the NY branch of the FBI.
Dommyluc Claims Giuliani Will Blow A Goat When He Goes Back To His Apartment Tonight
Even if we stipulate what Guliani says is true (huge grain of salt), notice the deadline is only for the obstruction of justice charge, which Mueller probably has Trump dead to rights already. Mueller didn’t say anything about conspiracy, money laundering, tax evasion, or a whole host of other charges.
Guliani is a moron if he thinks this is somehow good news for Trump.