Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff says he is "a little taken aback" by Rudy Giuliani's strategy, saying Giuliani's public statements "are deeply hurtful to the President's case" #CNNSOTU https://t.co/apN0doBxx9 https://t.co/BvvBzmPQIS
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump would need to comply with a subpoena from special counsel Robert Muller even though the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Trump would not need to do so.
“No, he’s going to need to comply with a subpoena. If they take that case to court, they’re going to lose,” Schiff told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
{mosads}CNN’s Jake Tapper had specifically asked Schiff about remarks from Giuliani, who told ABC’s “This Week” that the president would not need to comply with a subpoena from Mueller.
“Well, we don’t have to. He’s the president of the United States. We can assert the same privilege as other presidents have,” Giuliani said early Sunday.
“President Clinton negotiated a deal in which he didn’t admit the effectiveness of the subpoena,” Giuliani added.
Schiff on CNN added that he is “taken aback” by Giuliani’s legal strategy, which he said has been “deeply hurtful” to Trump’s case.
“Notwithstanding the efforts of damage control, I think this is a very unpromising strategy,” Schiff said.