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Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe
« on: June 17, 2018, 05:37:35 pm »
Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe
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,AFP•June 17, 2018

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's personal lawyer on Sunday called for an investigation into special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, claiming it was tainted from the outset under former FBI director James Comey.

"We want the Mueller probe to be investigated the way the Trump administration has been investigated," Rudy Giuliani said on CNN's "State of the Union."

"This is a case where it's crying out for someone to investigate the investigators," he later told CBS.

Giuliani's comments were the latest in a barrage of attacks on the probe by the president and his lawyers as Mueller appears to be nearing a conclusion to his investigation into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Moscow.

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Re: Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2018, 06:52:31 pm »
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Rudy Giuliani calls for "full and complete" investigation into origins of Russia probe
CBS News, Jun 17, 2018

Giuliani, speaking on "Face the Nation" on Sunday, claimed that "troubling, unethical behaviors" among some in the Justice Department had tainted the Mueller probe, which began as an FBI counterintelligence investigation. The department's inspector general released a report this week into the handling of Hillary Clinton's email scandal, revealing that FBI agent Peter Strzok, who oversaw the Clinton investigation and was later removed from the Mueller probe, had suggested in text messages that the FBI would "stop" a Trump presidency two months before the 2016 election.

"How much did he infect that probe with his own very, very extreme positions? I don't know, but I want to find out before I go forward," Giuliani said when pressed about Strzok's influence on the investigation.

The inspector general found no evidence to suggest that political bias influenced the FBI's actions with respect to the Clinton probe. But Giuliani said he wants another investigation into the bureau's Russia investigation, which was eventually taken over by Mueller when he was named special counsel.

"It's crying out for someone to investigate the investigators," Giuliani said. "There should be a full and complete IG report and grand jury investigation of what happened here, after it became the Russia probe. What was the purpose of it? What did they gather?"

When asked if and when Mr. Trump would sit down with Mueller's team of investigators for an interview, Giuliani said he advised against it, but said his client is intent on providing his version of events.

"I don't want to do it," Giuliani. "The president wants to do it."   But Giuliani added: "We are in rather sensitive negotiations with them … there might be a narrow area that we could all agree on."



More with video:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-giuliani-on-face-the-nation-calls-for-full-and-complete-investigation-into-origins-of-russia-probe/