2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants President Donald Trump to commit to a follow-up interview to written answers to questions in his probe of any coordination between Trump campaign members and Russia in the 2016 U.S. election, Rudy Giuliani, who is representing the president, said on Thursday [9-6-18]…Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment. Lawyers for Trump have been negotiating over a potential interview with Mueller’s team since last year in the U.S. investigation of Russian meddling in the presidential election, which Moscow denies. Trump has denied any campaign collusion, calling the Mueller probe a ‘witch hunt.’ In a letter to Trump’s lawyers last week, Mueller expressed a willingness to accept written responses on questions about collusion, but did not rule out a possible interview as a follow-up, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday [9-4-18]. After receiving the written responses, Mueller’s investigators would decide on a next step, which could include an interview with Trump, the person said.”
–Karen Freifeld, “Mueller hardens stance on Trump interview in Russia probe, Giuliani says,” Reuters, September 7, 2018 5:36 pm