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| Mueller rejects Trump request to answer questions in writing |
| 2018-05-09 |
| [CBS] Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is now on President Trump's legal team, told CBS News correspondent Paula Reid Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's office has rejected proposals to allow Mr. Trump to answer questions from investigators in writing. The president's legal team has signaled that this would be their preferred format for a possible interview, since it helps protect Mr. Trump from the possibility of lying or misleading investigators, which is a criminal offense. Giuliani told CBS News it will take up to three weeks for him to get fully up to speed on the facts of the investigation and be prepared to engage in formal negotiations with the special counsel about the terms of a possible interview with Mr. Trump. Giuliani told Reid that he and the president's legal team continue to be in communication with the special counsel, but that he wants to have a better sense of the facts before engaging in formal negotiations about a possible interview. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #18 Comment #3 nails it. Thanks Omer. Same to a bunch of other good comments. I think of the FBI and DOJ as Stazi in maybe better suits now. Must be changed. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-05-09 17:06 |
| #17 Italy |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-05-09 16:20 |
| #16 Gosh Jack, sounds like you heard that before during investigative interviews. How’s ItLt? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-05-09 16:20 |
| #15 Why not take the 5th on everthing or tell MuleTrain after each question- sir, i will take that under advisement from my attorney after careful examination of my personal records? |
| Posted by: jack salami 2018-05-09 15:03 |
| #14 If Trump does do the interview he should begin every sentence with "pardon me, "" |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-05-09 14:46 |
| #13 If Trump doesn't sit down with him under oath, Mueller will subpoena him. And Trump will pardon himself. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-05-09 14:27 |
| #12 Trump should go ahead and answer the first dozen Meuller questions, but redact the hell out of his responses to the point of making them nearly illegible, just to piss Mueller off. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-09 13:48 |
| #11 The Criminalization of Almost Everything by Harvey Silverglate, Cato Institute(2010) We are all criminals now. It only takes a |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-05-09 13:24 |
| #10 Guiliani and Federal judges are setting time lines and deadlines now on Muellers investigation. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-09 11:58 |
| #9 Oh and October surprise spoiler: If Trump doesn't sit down with him under oath, Mueller will subpoena him. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-05-09 11:43 |
| #8 I would tell him you can either take the written answers or go pound sand. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-05-09 11:41 |
| #7 OK then. No interview. Tell the special counsel to gather his own evidence. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-05-09 10:54 |
| #6 Interview did not fit the desired narratve. Other methods were then employed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-09 10:32 |
| #5 FBI has shown that even when the folks doing the interview felt there was no deception or lies that they were able to prosecute anyway. Why would anyone trust them after that? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-05-09 10:08 |
| #4 He thinks he's the boss. Not by my reading of the Constitution. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-05-09 07:36 |
| #3 Pettifoggery. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-09 06:24 |
| #2 Just how many rejected opportunities for Mueller to concede gracefully this makes? Maybe Mueller should be declared a honorary Palestinian? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-05-09 04:40 |
| #1 He doesn't want answers, he wants a perjury ambush. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-09 04:05 |