Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that unlike Trump, he did not think special counsel Robert Mueller had acted honorably during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

"I would have to disagree with my client on that," Giuliani said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Giuliani suggested the reason for the difference in their assessments of Mueller could be that the former New York mayor was "in the trenches more" than Trump. Giuliani said he had a "mixed view" of Mueller's approach.

"I think that it's almost a Jekyll and Hyde situation," Giuliani said, praising the special counsel for disputing reports about Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen and slamming him for the treatment of Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort.

Giuliani's comments broke with Trump's position from a day prior. Asked on Monday if Mueller had acted honorably, Trump said, "Yes, he did," offering rare praise for the special counsel he had railed against constantly for months.

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