<p class="p1">The former New York City mayor, attorney, and longstanding supporter of President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani is joining the president&#8217;s legal team and has vowed to quickly put an end to Robert Mueller&#8217;s Russia investigation. ; ;</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to join the legal team to try to bring this to a resolution,&rdquo; said Giuliani to ;<em>The New York Post ;</em>last Thursday. ;&ldquo;The country deserves it. I&rsquo;ve got a great admiration for President Trump.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Giuliani seems optimistic about the opportunity and plans to leverage his long history and relationship with Mueller to reach a resolution and to ultimately &ldquo;negotiate an end&rdquo; to the investigation.</span> ;</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had a long relationship with Bob Mueller. I have great respect for him. He&rsquo;s done a good job,&rdquo; said Giuliani to <em>The Post.</em> &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know yet what&rsquo;s outstanding. But I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s going to take more than a week or two to get a resolution. They&rsquo;re almost there.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Giuliani was coined &#8220;America&#8217;s Mayor&#8221; for his response to September 11th terrorist attack as NYC&#8217;s mayor, a role he had from 1994 to 2001. He also served as the attorney of the U.S. Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1999.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mueller was the head of the FBI while Giuliani was mayor.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&#8220;In hiring Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Trump has turned to someone who is a reliable, loyal surrogate and an attack dog on television. Mr. Giuliani is a former top official at the Justice Department and served as the United States attorney in Manhattan,&#8221; writes the <em>New York Times. ;</em></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>The NYT ;</em>also writes Giuliani &#8220;is coming on board as a short-timer not only to appear on television but also to see if he can use his decades-long ties with Mr. Mueller to re-establish a working relationship with the special counsel&rsquo;s team.&#8221;</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Trump and his current legal team welcomed Giuliani to the team and believe he will be a valuable asset.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> ;</span></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&ldquo;The president said: &lsquo;Rudy is great. He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country,&rsquo;&rdquo; said Jay Sekulow, Trump&#8217;s lawyer. &ldquo;I have had the privilege of working with Mayor Giuliani for many years, and we welcome his expertise.&rdquo;</span> ;</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Giuliani, who was considered for Jeff Sessions&#8217; role as Secretary of State, will be focusing working with Mueller to schedule a meeting where Trump can be questioned in a way both parties are comfortable with.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Trump has been eager to answer Mueller&#8217;s questions, but has been less trusting of the Justice Department ever since the raid on the president&rsquo;s longtime personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen, which many believe was an overstep by the government. ;</span> ;</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Giuliani is currently a consultant at his law firm, Greenberg Traurig, but will be taking a leave of absence while working for Trump.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> ;</span></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Jane Serene Raskin and Martin R. Raskin, both former federal prosecutors, are also joining Trump&#8217;s legal team.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> ;</span></span> ;</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Author&#8217;s note</strong>: Giuliani has proven time and time again that he is a man of action. When he has set his mind to something in the past, he gets it done. With that in mind, hiring him was certainly a power move on Trump&#8217;s part. ;</span></p>