INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CNN cited an interview with Rudy Giuliani while reporting the statement
(File photo)Washignton: Special Counsel Robert Mueller has told President Donald Trump's legal team he would
follow Justice Department guidance that a president cannot be indicted, CNN reported, citing an interview with Trump lawyer Rudy
Giuliani."All they get to do is write a report," Giuliani said, according to the network
At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us."A spokesman for Mueller, Peter Carr, did not
immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Mueller is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential
election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.CNN said the Mueller team had been debating whether to challenge the
Nixon-era guidelines, which were reaffirmed during the Clinton administration, that a sitting president cannot be indicted.Trump has denied
colluding with Russia and has called the Mueller investigation, which marks its first anniversary on Thursday, a witch hunt.Giuliani and
another Trump lawyer, Jay Sekulow, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. © Thomson Reuters 2018(Except for
the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
