Giuliani Says Trump Couldn't End Investigation of Any Crime
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Rudy Giuliani
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Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, signaled Sunday that the president’s authority to influence a law enforcement investigation into himself is broad, if not quite unlimited.
The New York Times published two letters from Trump’s legal team to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, arguing that the president couldn’t obstruct the investigation into Russian interference because he has the power to terminate the probe or pardon those caught up in it. The January letters were sent before Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team.