Rudy Giuliani defiantly sticks to September deadline for Robert Mueller

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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani cited a CNN poll on Wednesday to make his case that special counsel Robert Mueller should shut down the Russia investigation by September, even as assertion that there is a deadline is being dismissed by experts.

In that survey, released Tuesday, 66 percent of respondents said Mueller’s team should complete the inquiry before the 2016 midterm elections. Giuliani said that poll justifies his claim that the probe must end 60 days earlier.

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