President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said special counsel Robert Mueller did not ask about possible obstruction of justice in his questions to Trump.
Giuliani told Axios that none of the written answers Trump gave Mueller on Tuesday addressed his actions while in office. Giuliani added that Trump will not answer any questions about obstruction of justice moving forward and warned against the possibility that Mueller will subpoena the president.
“I think that he would not win a legal battle if he did that, and I think it would consume months,” Giuliani said. “I don’t think he has any way to compel testimony on obstruction because the argument of executive privilege would be very, very strong. It all relates to a period of time after he was president.”
Giuliani added that he believes Trump has answered “any” question Mueller has about obstruction “in interviews, tweets.” – READ MORE