ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump are increasingly skeptical of letting him give an interview with prosecutors running the Russia investigation, but are thinking through how to prepare him for the possible high-stakes session nonetheless. Rudy Giuliani, one of the president’s outside lawyers, said in an interview Tuesday [5-22-18] that he is currently opposed to letting Mr. Trump field questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Noting the perils of talking to prosecutors, Mr. Giuliani said that were the president to testify he could ‘talk himself into becoming a target.’ Other people close to Mr. Trump’s legal team have voiced a similar view, worried that the president’s informal style and penchant for lengthy answers could expose him to legal jeopardy when taking questions from seasoned prosecutors…Mr. Trump and the special counsel’s office have spent months negotiating the terms of a possible interview, with a rotating cast of Trump lawyers representing the president’s interests.”
-Peter Nicholas, “Giuliani Says He Opposes Letting Trump Speak to Mueller,” The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2018 7:22 pm