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It Looks Like Mueller May Have Just Outfoxed Trump and Giuliani
by Matt Naham | 3:47 pm, November 21st, 2018
Was special counsel Robert Mueller playing chess while President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani were playing checkers?
A Wednesday CNN report indicated that Trump and Giuliani delayed their written response to the special counsel’s questions because they were concerned that Mueller would hand down new indictments before Thanksgiving and didn’t want to jump the proverbial gun. Nonetheless, they ended up submitting written answers to Mueller’s questions.
Mueller hasn’t dropped any new indictments post-midterms as of yet, but there is still reason to believe that’s a near-future possibility.
As former federal prosecutor with the Southern District of New York Daniel S. Goldman noted, much of the CNN report headlined “Rudy Giuliani tells CNN that Mueller is not done with seeking answers from Trump” is not news. We know Trump’s answers to Mueller’s first round of questions is only the first round. Giuliani’s waffling over obstruction questions — “It’s not on the table, but could be put back on the table” — and his expressed concerns about the violation of executive privilege amount to business as usual.
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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/it-looks-like-mueller-may-have-outfoxed-trump-and-giuliani/