President Donald Trump's top personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he can't rule out the possibility of the president taking the Fifth Amendment if he testifies in the Russia investigation.
Giuliani said to ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on "This Week" Sunday, "How could I be confident" that president won't take the Fifth Amendment The former New York City mayor also commented on the possibility of Trump getting subpoenaed by the special counsel to testify. "We don't have to" comply with a subpoena, he said.
"They don't have a case on collusion, they don't have obstruction... I'm going to walk him into a prosecution for perjury like Martha Stewart did?" Giuliani said.
Faced with the possibility of a subpoena to testify in front of Mueller, Giuliani said "we don't have to, he's the president of the United States -- we can assert privilege other presidents have."
Giuliani made clear he does not want the president to sit down with Mueller. "Not after the way they've acted," Giuliani said. "I came into this case with a desire to do that and they just keep convincing me not to do it."
President Trump said on Friday he would "love to speak" to special counsel Robert Mueller, but said he'd only do it on the condition he is "treated fairly,"
"I have a client who wants to testify," Giuliani said. "I hope we get a chance to tell him the risk he's be taking. So he may testify and we may actually work things out with Bob Mueller."
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