Article snippet: Presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani made his rounds on the Sunday morning political shows, railing against special counsel MORE’s probe into Russia’s election meddling. Giuliani, a former New York City mayor who joined MORE’s legal team last month, slammed the basis for which Mueller was appointed as special counsel as “illegitimate.” “I'm not saying Mueller is illegitimate,” Giuliani told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I'm saying the basis on which he was appointed is illegitimate.” The remarks from Giuliani come as the president continues to promote an unfounded claim that the FBI spied on his campaign using an embedded informant. “With Spies, or ‘Informants’ as the Democrats like to call them because it sounds less sinister (but it’s not), all over my campaign, even from a very early date, why didn’t the crooked highest levels of the FBI or ‘Justice’ contact me to tell me of the phony Russia problem?” Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday. Giuliani referenced the alleged spying in both of his Sunday show interviews, but told "Fox News Sunday" that it predated Mueller’s appointment. “But it completely changed his investigation,” he told Fox guest host Bill Hemmer of the alleged spying. Giuliani since joining the president’s legal team has grappled with the possibility of a sit-down interview between Mueller and Trump. On Sunday, Giuliani once again said he won’t allow Trump to take part in a sit-down that could be a "trap for perjury," but provided mixed signals as to ... Link to the full article to read more