His comments about the timeline echoed tweets by Mr. Trump hours earlier, when he complained that a prolonged inquiry would hurt Republicans in the midterms, citing a Times report over the weekend that Mr. Mueller was investigating offers of help to the Trump campaign from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. “It shows them at the end of the road — are we now going to check Africa and South America?” Mr. Giuliani said. He said that he and Mr. Mueller’s office were still hammering out the terms of an interview with the president. Based on that schedule, Mr. Giuliani said, the president could be questioned around Independence Day. The letters that Mr. Trump’s lawyers sent over the past year to Mr. Mueller and Mr. Rosenstein describe Mr. Comey as a witness lacking credibility and suggest that an obstruction case against the president had no basis.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2018 20:07 UTC