Article snippet: MORE has turned to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for help with the Russia investigation, which increasingly poses danger for the president and his inner circle. Here’s how Giuliani’s addition to Trump’s legal team could affect the president’s approach to the probe. Giuliani has a history with MORE One of Giuliani’s top tasks is to leverage his long-standing ties to special counsel Robert Mueller to smooth the frayed relationship with his team. The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were a turning point in the careers of Giuliani, who was dubbed “America’s Mayor” for his response, and in the career Mueller, who built his reputation as a trusted lawman as FBI director. Before he was mayor, Giuliani served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York — the same office that recently raided Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. The raid on Cohen piqued the president’s anger and damaged the relationship between his lawyers and Mueller’s team. In Trump’s eyes, Giuliani has the stature to get things back on track. “He can keep Trump comfortable, which is more than can be said for almost any other lawyer he might have hired,” said Walter Olson, a legal scholar at the Cato Institute. But others doubt that Giuliani will have sway with Mueller. Former FBI Director Trump is turning to people he knows Giuliani’s hiring is part of a trend of Trump filling his team with personal confidants and loyalists. Trump recently named John Bolton and Larry ... Link to the full article to read more