CNN’s Coates: Giuliani’s Comments Invites Mueller to Ask More Questions, It Takes Away Privilege

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COATES: “Yes, he should. He absolutely should. And here’s why. On the one hand, yeah, he’s a political operative, he’s trying to be a publicist, but he actually is the President’s attorney. As the president’s attorney, he does two things wrong primarily, on the long list of things. Number one, every time he quotes the president or 'I just spoke to the president' or 'I just had this conversation,' he reveals things that are presumably privileged, which means that now it’s fair game for anyone to ask, including Mueller, about these issues. Also, on the idea that I’m not going to go on a spelling bee of the obfuscation if it,  I will tell you this: The notion that the President’s attorney is backtracking after the President has already provided written answers leads to more questions from Mueller. It invites Mueller to say, 'Well, it may be over your dead body as you’re talking about, Giuliani, but as counsel you have now called into question perhaps the written statements of your own client and you’ve taken away the privilege so I can maybe call you as a witness or I can ask the President questions that follow up.' And it puts the client in the position to have to defend or clarify his own attorney’s statements. That’s never a good thing.”