President Donald Trump’s lawyers will likely make a decision about whether Trump will sit for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller in “a week to 10 days,” Rudy Giuliani told Politico Thursday.
Giuliani said the legal team would spend the weekend reviewing the new framework that Mueller’s team suggested earlier this week, but he cautioned, the team still has the option of rejecting the interview overall. The President’s lawyers are trying to decide whether they’ll allow Mueller’s team to ask Trump questions about obstruction of justice.
Earlier this week, the Mueller team sent the Trump team a letter saying they would narrow the scope of obstruction-related questions, proposing that Trump answer some those in writing.
Trump’s team is still deciding whether Mueller will be allowed to ask in-person, follow up questions to the written responses. Giuliani said he’d like to avoid obstruction related.
“We don’t want questioning on obstruction. They would have to concede that,” he said. “It depends on how much they want his testimony on the other [topic].”
I’m sorry, but this is just bull right out of the gate, starting with the fact Ghouliani said it. You might recall he was gonna wrap this whole shebang up in about the same period of time, back when he arrived on the scene, ready to dazzle the nation with his brilliant legal knowledge and people skills.
Yeah, try not to gag at that idea. But it’s important to remember where all of these things start, as the bullshit tornado tends to obscure reality.
Trump has never had any intention of sitting down with Mueller’s team. The rest is just razzle dazzle tap-dancing.
They won’t let him be interviewed or answer in writing.
Trump can’t speak 3 words without lying, and Trump can’t provide written answers without incriminating himself if he tells the truth or perjuring himself if he doesn’t.
Yep, No suspense here. Everybody knows the chickenshit won’t.
It’s a sad commentary on the evolution of the Executive, in terms of what has become “Yes, there is one person above the law, and that person is the President”. In a just world these damned headlines would be “The President’s legal team plots how to respond to the inevitable subpoena from the Special Counsel”.
Or “How will Donald Trump fare when providing compelled testimony before a Federal grand jury?”
Why in the hell does Trump even have the option of negotiating the terms of what he provides Mueller, and the format and setting in which he’ll do it? Is a President subject to the law, or not?
Subpoena his ass and make the corrupt bastard take the fifth if he doesn’t like the terms.
Title of article should be “Giuliani Uses Horse Teeth to Jibber Nonsensically, Again.”