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"Newsweek" featured Law Professor Mimi Rocah in "Robert Mueller Ignores Rudy Giuliani's Threats to End Trump-Russia Investigation Before Midterms Deadline"
Special counsel Robert Mueller is continuing his probe into Russian interference and possible collusion with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election despite a claim by President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani that the deadline to close it has passed.
Giuliani has stated for weeks that based on Department of Justice guidelines, last Saturday, September 1, was the cutoff for Mueller to complete his investigation before it could affect the outcome of midterm elections taking place on November 6.
“I always thought that was the day to make some decision,” Giuliani said in an interview, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday.
However, Mueller has not responded to Giuliani’s demand, and continues his probe.
Furthermore, Giuliani’s claim may be baseless.
“The whole idea that there’s this magic deadline is ridiculous,” Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office in New York told Bloomberg.
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