
The end date for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Trump is tentatively scheduled for Sep. 1, Rudy Giuliani confirmed Sunday. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

More than one year after it began, there may finally be an end in sight for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.
The New York times reported the development Sunday afternoon after confirming the details with Rudy Giuliani, a leader on President Donald Trump's legal team.
In speaking to the Times, Giuliani said if Mueller waits past September to end his investigation, he risks being accused of trying to sway the 2018 midterm elections.
"You don’t want another repeat of the 2016 election where you get contrary reports at the end and you don’t know how it affected the election," Giuliani said, referring to then-FBI Director James Comey's decision to re-open the Hillary Clinton email investigation, and then close it again, in the run-up to the 2016 election.
"We want the concentration of this to be on Comey versus the president’s credibility, and I think we win that and people get that," Giuliani added.
Giuliani did not elaborate further, but expressed his confidence that Mueller's team has found no evidence of wrongdoing by Trump during the 2016 campaign, let alone evidence his campaign colluded with Russians.