As a radical civil libertarian, I subscribe to the teaching that any citizen accused of wrongdoing deserves the best lawyer money can buy—even if, like President Donald Trump, he talks and sometimes acts like a mobster. But I question the wisdom of anybody, Trump included, employing an attorney like Rudy Giuliani who sometimes sounds as deranged as a mob attorney. Now let me stipulate here and at top volume that there’s absolutely no evidence that Giuliani, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has ever suborned perjury, bribed court officials, fixed juries or laundered money as many mob lawyers have dutifully done over the years. Nor has he tried to rig online polls for Trump and settle his debts with a Walmart bag filled with cash. That would be Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, who says he performed such labors at Trump’s direction. But as Giuliani digs a legal trench around Trump to protect him from the investigative tendrils … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani Is Not Doing His Best Work These Days
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Rudy Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia
Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post Published 2:28 am PST, Thursday, January 17, 2019 Now Playing: Rudy Giuliani vs Chris Cuomo again on CNN...this time it’s over collusion. Veuer's Nick Cardona has that story. Media: Veuer Rudy Giuliani claimed Wednesday night that he "never said there was no collusion" between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia leading up to the 2016 presidential election. In a remarkable, and at times contentious, interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo, the president's lawyer appeared to contradict his own past statements about collusion as well as what Trump and his supporters have repeatedly asserted. On Twitter, Trump has used the phrase "no collusion" dozens of times, and a number of those instances were direct denials that his campaign was involved with the Russian government. Giuliani's shocking declarations - several of which Cuomo called out as being false - quickly sent the internet into a tailspin as many wondered what … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia
Rudy Giuliani shifted the goalposts on Trump-Russia collusion in a big way after Mueller’s latest move
As evidence continues to spill out about the myriad contacts between people associated with President Donald Trump’s campaign and individuals or entities linked to the Russian government, Rudy Giuliani is once again shifting the goalposts. “I never said there was no collusion between [Trump’s campaign] – or between people in the campaign – [and Russia],” Giuliani told CNN on Wednesday night. “I said the President of the United States [did not collude].” Last July, Giuliani told Fox News, “When I say the Trump campaign [did not collude], I mean the upper levels of the Trump campaign … top four or five people.” Giuliani’s decision to shift the goalposts this week and constrain his denial of collusion to just Trump is curious – it comes just after the special counsel Robert Mueller outlined the extensive contacts between former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a former Russian intelligence … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani shifted the goalposts on Trump-Russia collusion in a big way after Mueller’s latest move
Rudy Giuliani leaves open the possibility there may have been collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia
Rudy Giuliani left open the possibility that aides who worked on President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign could have colluded with Russian operatives, a matter now being investigated by the special counsel Robert Mueller. Giuliani has repeatedly insisted that Trump himself did not collude with the Russians, but said he could not speak for anyone else on the campaign. “I never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign … I have not,” Giuliani said in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday night. Trump has also claimed he never colluded with Russia, but his statements and actions – both as a candidate and as president have been scrutinised as part of Mueller’s investigation. Rudy Giuliani left open the possibility that aides who worked on President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign could have colluded with Russian operatives, a matter now being investigated by the special … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani leaves open the possibility there may have been collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia
Rudy Giuliani doubles down on his dubious claim that the White House should be able to review and correct Mueller’s report before it’s released
President Donald Trump’s lead defence lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, doubled down Friday on his earlier claim that the White House should get to review and edit the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference before it’s released to Congress or the public. Giuliani first made the claim in a September interview with INSIDER, arguing that the information in the report is all protected by executive privilege and thus needs a sign-off from the White House before the public can see it. On Friday, Giuliani told The Hill, “As a matter of fairness, they should show it to you – so we can correct it if they’re wrong,” Giuliani told the outlet. “They’re not God, after all. They could be wrong.” Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lead defence lawyer, is doubling down on his contention that the White House should get to review and edit the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani doubles down on his dubious claim that the White House should be able to review and correct Mueller’s report before it’s released