Giuliani: Trump legal team may try to block Mueller from releasing final report

President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani is claiming that the president's legal team may invoke executive privilege to stop special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the Russia investigation from being released to the public.​

Giuliani told The New Yorker that it's likely the Trump administration would object to the memo being made public information.​

"I'm sure we will," he said, before adding that Trump would make the final call on a decision like that.​

Note to Rudy: Trump won't get away with it. Not a chance.

Congress will demand the report be released.

 

For once we agree. After leftists HOWLING about Trump/Russia collusion for two years the public is going to demand to know what Mueller actually discovered about TRUMP/RUSSIA collusion; not Manafort's petty criminality of poor pathetic Cohen screwing up, but actual COLLUSION. Mueller had better not screw this up.

 

My guess is that Mueller doesn't have the proverbial "smoking gun" that Trump colluded with the Russians.

 

Such an invoking would be null and void. Robert Mueller's report is not within the purview of the executive branch, but specifically within the DOJ. If Mueller/Rosenstein hands it over to Congress, it still wouldn't be executive property for the executive to invoke privilege on. It would be in short, an unlawful act.

 

I agree. In all likelihood Mueller knew that there was no THERE there before the first three months had drifted past, but he was playing politics.

 

It would be a shame to libel Trump as a "non-indicted co-conspirator" because Trump would have no legal path to clear his name.

The report could piss all over Trump (without any proof) and Trump could do nothing about it.

 

Typical liberal smear tactic. That is why they have no credibility.

 

The Dirty Donald Jr,Manafort,Kushner meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower meets the dictionary definition of COLLUSION to a tee!!Including their lying about the purpose of the meeting.They were all acting on behalf of his presidential campaign.

 

Sure does... It's just too bad for the lunatic TDS crowd that the dictionary definition of collusion does not meet the legal definition of collusion which actually requires an intent to commit a crime...and getting dirt on Hillary is not a crime by any stretch of imagination which turns this dictionary definition of collusion into a good old perfectly legal secret cooperation, nothing more. Duh

 

This is Nixon all over again.

 

This is fake news all over again, Giuliani said nothing even remotely resembling what the OP claimed he said. Giuliani said Mueller agreed a long time ago to refrain from releasing parts of the report covered by executive privilege. The OP's claim that Trump will try to prevent the entire report from being released to the public is pure baseless fabrication.

 

Pssssst . . . you do know that the notorious Clintonista attorney Lanny Davis had to retract all those things that he claimed that his client, Cohen, told him about that meeting, yes? Even the leftist media outlets covered THAT particular event last week.

 

Ok thanks for the correction.

We need a fake news sheriff. You would be good at that.

Thanks again.

 

Adding you to my "follow" list.

This is where I put the very best members.

 

@Borat has outed you, @LangleyMan .

What do you have to say about this?

Too much MSNBC?

Too much CNN?

Hmmm ???

 

You don't seem to understand what Mueller is actually investigating. Hint: it isn't collusion between Trump and Russia. Why not take the little effort to read the terms of his appointment.

 

Gee maybe Trump should testify in public. That would certainly clear his name. Mueller might even agree if Giuliani proposed it.

 

Since Giuliani appears to lie almost as much as Trump, quoting Giuliani isn't proof of anything. Maybe if someone posted a link to the agreement where Mueller agreed not to release anything where Trump claimed executive priviledge this might become an intelligent discussion of fact.

And I might add that since Trump appears to have no understanding of what executive priviledge actually entails there is nothing to stop him from claiming the whole report violates executive priviledge.

 

You got me on this one. Can Mueller hand it over to Congress even if the President objects? Can Congress then release it?

My question: would Trump be committing political suicide by withholding the report?

 

Possible. OTOH, it's also possible he's turning over every last stone before he gives Trump a "pass" on the question of whether or not he colluded with Russia.

IMO, like him or not, we should all hope Trump gets a clean bill of health. I also hope Mueller is in the end seen to have done an honest job.

 

Giuliani: Trump legal team may try to block Mueller from releasing final report
When you have literally the head of our national law enforcement forces, who is sworn to uphold the law and serve as its highest level guardian, doing everything he can do personally to obstruct an investigation of himself, it certainly makes him look like: 1. he doesn't really care much about the law itself; 2. he looks like he's trying very hard to hide something; and 3. he's definitely not fulfilling the core responsibilities of his oath of office. I know for those Trump supporters out there, who care more about loyalty to him than concern about the laws of our land, all this is OK. But I have a strong suspicion if a Democrat were in the Oval Office, they'd be all over him. For me, this illustrates placing politics above the welfare of the country. I feel all leaders should be held accountable to staying within the law, whether they be Democrat or Republican or any other brand. I also feel strongly, that no President should be held above the law.

 

You were citing parts of the article I quoted as my words. Are you suggesting the article is spin?

 

What act took place at the meeting?

 

The naming of unindicted co-conspirators is nasty business and not limited to Presidents who arguably can't be indicted. Your claim he will have been libeled if he is named assumes he has done nothing wrong, the very thing Mueller is apparently still investigating.

 

Don't you think we're entitled to see the entire report?