The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Vowing To Bring Mueller Probe To End "In A Few Weeks"
Former New York City mayor and U.S. attorney Rudy Giuliani is vowing to bring to an end Robert Mueller's long running Russia investigation as he joins President Trump's legal team, touting his personal relationship with the special counsel.
Whether Giuliani will be a gamechanger for the president's ever-changing legal lineup and the ever-expanding probe remains to be seen. But he voiced confidence as the news broke he'd been hired.
It shouldn’t take more than “a week or two” to come to a resolution on the probe, Giuliani said.
“I’m going to join the legal team to try to bring this to a resolution,” Giuliani told The New York Post. “The country deserves it. I’ve got a great admiration for President Trump.”
Giuliani announced Thursday that he would join Jay Sekulow and White House liaison Ty Cobb on Trump's team, amid the probe of Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump team associates in the 2016 election.
Giuliani was a surrogate for the president during his 2016 presidential campaign. The two have been close friends for years.
The former New York City mayor said Thursday he hoped to “negotiate an end” to the investigation with Mueller.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller served as FBI director while Rudy Giuliani was mayor of New York City. (AP)
“I’ve had a long relationship with Bob Mueller. I have great respect for him. He’s done a good job,” Giuliani told The Post. Giuliani served as mayor of New York City while Mueller headed the FBI. “I don’t know yet what’s outstanding. But I don’t think it’s going to take more than a week or two to get a resolution. They’re almost there.”
He vowed to ask Mueller what he would need to “wrap it up,” but also told The Washington Post on Thursday that Mueller “should be allowed to do his job, he’s entitled to do his job.”
Giuliani was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001 and served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1999.