Rudy Giuliani tells NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell he and the president are doing question-and-answer sessions both in person and over the phone in preparation for a possible sit-down conversation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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The sessions are "to educate me" about what he can say that is not protected by attorney-client privilege, Giuliani also told the reporter.
Giuliani also touched on the alleged use of an FBI informant in Trump's campaign — a revelation Trump has fervently decried as a potential scandal.
Multiple outlets reported that an FBI informant spoke with multiple Trump campaign associates as part of the federal investigation of Russian election meddling. Giuliani told the reporter that he is not yet "satisfied" that the alleged use of an informant was proper, saying he had not seen related FBI documents.
President Trump continues to claim the FBI embedded a spy in his campaign, even though there is absolutely no evidence to support that outrageous allegation.
Giuliani also is working hard to define the Mueller investigation as a political move, saying if the special counsel doesn't wrap up by September, he will be influencing the midterm elections.
In remarks to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Giuliani doubled down on the Sept.1 deadline he had previously floated as the time he expected Mueller to conclude his probe of potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
"If he doesn't file this report by September 1, mid-September, he's clearly doing a Comey," Giuliani said. He was referring to former FBI Director James Comey, who made statements about an investigation into former candidate Hillary Clinton's email server shortly before the 2016 election.
He added that Democrats "want to see the investigation stretch out past the next midterm elections," despite recent statements to the contrary from some Democrats.
Rudy Giuliani is holding Q&A sessions with Trump to prepare for special counsel probe: NBC (CNBC)