By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Donald Trump’s legal team is building an argument to prevent the president from a sit-down interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mueller has requested an interview with Trump as part of the investigation into whether the president obstructed justice.
Although Trump boasted two weeks ago that he has nothing to hide and will answer questions under oath, his lawyers are urging to him to avoid the interview because they fear he will lie and be charged with perjury.
Trump’s legal team plans to present three arguments against an interview, according to the Washington Times.
First, they argue, Mueller has been given unprecedented access to White House documents and aides. Second, there is no stated crime. And third, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in 1997, during the Bill Clinton administration, that investigators must first exhaust all other avenues for information before turning to the president.
