President Donald Trump is once again pushing his attorneys to allow him to speak with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a report Wednesday in The New York Times. The president’s legal team has urged him to refuse the request, fearing that Trump, known for making off-the-cuff statements, will contradict himself. Negotiations between the White House and special counsel’s office have reportedly been tossed back and forth for months, often growing heated. “We’re in the process of responding to their proposal,” Rudy Giuliani, the president’s attorney, told the Times in a statement. Trump has long hoped that by speaking with Mueller he could bring the inquiry to a close.

Source: Huffington Post August 02, 2018 04:52 UTC