Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump’s personal lawyers dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller’s federal Russia probe, voiced concerns Tuesday about agreeing on behalf of his client to an interview with investigators regarding acts that could constitute obstruction of justice, according to a report.
“We have a real reluctance about allowing any questions about obstruction,” Giuliani said during an interview with the Washington Post.
Giuliani made the comments in the context of how Trump’s outside legal counsel was planning to respond to a letter sent last week by the special counsel’s team as part of ongoing negotiations over the possibility of a presidential interview.
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Giuliani said the team would probably reply “sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday” and indicated Trump’s attorneys are open to further discussions as opposed to rejecting the request.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that he is willing to sit down for an interview in an effort to bring the probe to an end, despite his insistence it is a “witch hunt.”
His lawyers, however, have been locked in a stalemate with Mueller’s investigators since March over the scope of an interview, arguing Mueller was trying “very hard” to frame Trump for colluding with Russia during the 2016 campaign and alleging he was attempting to catch their client in a perjury trap.
