Washington
CNN
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Rudy Giuliani may have just set up a midterm election showdown.
President Donald Trump’s lawyer insisted Wednesday that his latest proposal in the long-running tussle with special counsel Robert Mueller over an interview with the President was designed to shield the investigation from the political overhang of November’s polls.
But the latest gambit will almost certainly have an effect opposite to ending the showdown over Trump’s proposed testimony quickly.
That’s because although the terms of the offer were not disclosed, it appeared to come with conditions that legal experts say will be almost impossible for