new YORK (AP) – the President Donald Trump will not respond to questions from federal investigators, in writing or in person, if it tried to block the investigation about the rus interference a in the 2016 election, said Thursday one of the lawyers of the President to The Associated lawyer Press.El of Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, said that questions of obstruction of justice were out of the question. The release of Giuliani has been most forceful rejection of the efforts of the Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller by interviewing the President about any attempt at obstruction to the investigation of possible coordination between his campaign and the Russians. It is a sign that Trump attorneys are committed to protecting the President answer questions about actions taken by the President in office.
It is not clear if the public posture of Giuliani received the endorsement of Trump, who has said that he wants to answer questions under oath. The scope and format of the interview are still negotiated. If the legal team is firm in its position, might force Mueller will try to issue a subpoena for the President, which probably ends in a stalemate that would lead to the Suprema.La Court Office of Mueller as he tried to interview the President in regarding the issue of obstruction, including actions such as the dismissal of the last year of the former Director of the FBI, James Comey and his public attacks against the Secretary of Justicia Jeff Sessions. Trump legal team has argued that the President has the power to hire and fire their designated, and that the Special Prosecutor has no authority to question their decisions. Giuliani said Thursday that the team held firm in that position.
“That is out of the question. Won’t happen”, said Giuliani. “In no way there will be questions about obstruction”.
In a letter, the team of Mueller said last week that accepted the answers in writing of Trump on the Russian interference to the election-related questions. Giuliani hinted Thursday that lawyers for Trump agreed to those terms, but wanted to ban the researchers ask follow-up questions. In the most recent letter to the President’s legal team, the office of Mueller did not address questions of obstruction, indicate that the investigators would assess what additional information would be required the President after receiving a response in writing, according to a a person familiar with the document who spoke on condition of anonymity for not being authorized to discuss the issue. The Supreme Court has never given a definitive ruling as to whether a President can be compelled to testify, although the judges if ruled in 1974 that Richard Nixon had to deliver recordings and documents that had been requested for him. In this note: United States New York City Donald Trump researchers Federal
