GIULIANI DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND
Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and newest member of President Trump's legal
team, said on Wednesday that the president's team was still "several weeks away" from
determining whether the president would participate an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.
However, Giuliani took things a step further and responded to a Politico article that said
Mueller could use Ivanka to go after the President.
"Ivanka Trump?
I think I would get on my charger and go ride into their offices with a lance, if they go
after Ivanka," the former mayor continued.
"Now if they do do Ivanka, which I don't think they will, the whole country will turn
on them.
If they go after her, the whole country will turn on them.
They're going after his daughter?"
Giuliani, who joined the president's legal team just two weeks ago, said the decision
would be determined by how "objective" he and his colleagues perceive Mueller to
be.
"The more objective [Mueller] is, the more likely we would be willing to cooperate.
The less objective, then we would be foolish to do that," he said.
Previously, Giuliani suggested that President Trump would be more likely to cooperate with
an interview if he were convinced that Mueller and his team had not already made up their
minds that former FBI Director James Comey is telling the truth about his interactions
with Trump.
Comey's version, detailed in memos describing their interactions, is very critical of the
president who fired him.
Trump maintains that Comey is lying.
Skeptics believe that Trump's legal team is just trying to establish a predicate for
refusing an interview.
But Giuliani and the team insist they are negotiating in good faith.
Giuliani spoke with the media just hours after it was revealed that Ty Cobb would leave his
position as the primary White House counsel on the Russia investigation.
Cobb seems to have favored a more conciliatory approach toward Mueller, believing that this
was the best strategy for bringing the probe to a quick conclusion.
Cobb had been marginalized lately, because his view seems to have fallen out of favor.
Some close to the situation have reported that Cobb had "been wanting to leave for
a considerable period of time."
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that Cobb would leave at
the end of this month.
He will be replaced by Emmet Flood.
Flood represented President Clinton during his impeachment proceedings.
Despite alleged tensions, Giuliani paid tribute to Cobb.
The existing team of lawyers "have all worked with him longer than me … they feel that
he has done a superb job," the former NYC mayor said.
Giuliani described his hire and other changes in the team as "putting fresh eyes on this
to see what can be done to work it out."
The president continues to make know exactly what he things about the special counsel's
investigation.
Three times since Monday, Trump has used the phrase "witch hunt" on Twitter to describe
the probe.
H/T redbluedivide
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