It is not a good idea for President Donald Trump's legal team to answer written questions coming from special counsel Robert Mueller's team, Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said Thursday.
"When the government comes knocking on your door to ask you questions, it's not to help you, it's to help the government," the judge told "Fox & Friends."
"In this case, it's a team of government lawyers who want to prosecute, impeach, or do something to interfere with Donald Trump's presidency."
Wednesday, Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told CNN that the president's legal team had a few "material" issues with a Mueller office proposal allowing Trump to answer some questions in writing as part of the ongoing probe into Russian activities during the 2016 election, and that no agreement was reached for a sit-down interview, according to the Washington Examiner.
But Napolitano said he wonders who would write down the answers to Mueller's questions, as he does not think Trump would do that himself.
"The lawyers will write the answers," said Napolitano. "The president will say 'looks fine to me' and sign it."
But Trump should not add to the probe, said Napolitano.
"There is a temptation, as the president is tempted to get his version in front of the prosecutors," said Napolitano. "The president probably believes, with his power of persuasion, he can talk them out of pursuing him. He can't, and he shouldn't even try to do so."
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