Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a combative former prosecutor and longtime ally of President Trump, told The Washington Post on Thursday that he has joined the president’s legal team dealing with the ongoing special counsel probe.
“I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for Bob Mueller,” Giuliani said in an interview.
Trump counsel Jay Sekulow said Thursday in a statement that Giuliani is joining the team along with two former federal prosecutors, Jane Serene Raskin and Marty Raskin, a couple who jointly run a Florida-based law firm.
“Rudy is great,” Trump said in the statement issued by Sekulow. “He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country.”
Jesus, is that what you get when you scrape the bottom of the barrel, freaking Rudy Giuliani?
I think the last time that Giuliani practiced law he was chasing horse drawn ambulances.
It does not appear however that Giuliani is coming on board to do much legal work, but rather as a go between for Trump to reach out to the Mueller team.
Yes, because that's how these things work.just talked to Giuliani who said his role on Trump team is limited. He worked with Mueller at DOJ & as NYC Mayor (Mueller at FBI) He hopes knowing Mueller can help bring the investigation to conclusion, saying it "needs a little push." How soon? "maybe a couple of weeks"— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) April 19, 2018
You just need to find a friend that you and the investigator have in common, and they will convince them that you are a good guy and they should back off.
Besides isn't that kind of how Trump got into this mess in the first place?
The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, "He is a good guy and has been through a lot." He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go." I replied only that "he is a good guy." (Source.)
It is VERY unlikely that Giuliani is going to be able to persuade Mueller to wrap things up quickly or see his way clear to "let it this go."
In fact there are currently rumors that Giuliani is ALREADY under investigation by the Mueller team.
That seems a little awkward.
By the way also keep in mind that Giuliani is waist deep in this Russia collusion thing as well.
Yeah, that was a lie.July 28, 2016: https://t.co/MI4BqmvBxE— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 19, 2018
And certainly not the first or last one that Giuliani has told on Donald Trump's behalf.
Just another clown added to the clown car.
Update: This Twitter thread makes an important point.
Giuliani isn’t there to negotiate anything; he’s there as a conduit to rogue FBI agents looking to undermine probe. https://t.co/TWO2pLkfRa— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 19, 2018
Excellent point.Giuliani’s 2016 scheming with rogue FBI agents is an essential part of this story and any reporter who doesn’t include it should be ashamed.— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 19, 2018
OT:
ReplyDeletetruth out's William Rivers Pitt envisions impeachment:
"...After Richard Nixon resigned the presidency and fled back to California, Ford pardoned him. A few days later, he unveiled a program of conditional amnesty for Vietnam draft evaders. A year later, he presided over the US military's final, staggering exit from that war; Operation Frequent Wind was a frantic evacuation that saw helicopter gunships shoved over the sides of aircraft carriers and into the sea to make room for more refugees. Amazingly enough, Ford got Justice John Paul Stevens onto the Supreme Court. He was shot at more often than any president since George Washington. ..."
"...As stated, no historical analogy is seamless. Ford was appointed, not elected, and the Congress of that day had yet to be infected by the rancid teachings of Supply Side Jesus. That being said, the similarities and probabilities are too obvious to ignore. If the impeachment of Donald Trump were successfully undertaken in 2019 or even 2020, the aftermath would find Mike Pence frozen like an ant in amber. ..."
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/44210-remove-trump-defang-pence-impeachment-is-the-way
ReplyDeleteNo doubt the creepy bastard just wants to get in on some of that free money being sent in by the ass clown deplorables.
ReplyDeleteRudy G = swamp slime
ReplyDeleteRemember when Donald Trump and Rudy Guilani made the video with Trump going after Rudy in drag?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guve7Y856kY
The Hammer Is About To Fall As DOJ To Release Report On NY FBI Leaking Clinton Email Info To Giuliani
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/19/doj-report-on-clinton-emails-to-address-report-that-ny-fbi-leaked-info-to-trump-adviser-rudy-giuliani.html
LOL. Trump can sure pick them.
DeleteThe Chit that comes out of his mouth almost make me think he is mentally ill. Nah, on second thought, he is just evil.
ReplyDeleteIt was only a matter of time.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like he needs a jaw alignment, maybe Bristol can help him out?
ReplyDeleteThere is a clear timeline at https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8deu4z/republicans_are_actively_interfering_in_the/dxmniv8/?context=?1
ReplyDeleteSample:
09/30/16 GOP Blocks Probes Into Trump-Russia Ties
12/11/16 Obama and Congress Knew About Russian Hacking—And They Did Nothing (context: "McConnell was nakedly partisan in his decision to stifle the intelligence", "[Obama] wanted bipartisan support—and when McConnell rebuffed this effort ... the White House decided to take the cautious route to “name and shame” the Russians").
12/12/16, McConnell rejects special panel for Russia election allegations
02/14/17 Speaker Paul Ryan declines to support independent Russian investigation after Flynn's resignation
02/27/17 GOP intelligence chairman Devin Nunes: “There’s no evidence of anything” regarding Russia-Trump campaign contacts
03/01/17 House Democrats Lose Another Bid To Investigate Trump, But Don't Plan To Quit
03/21/17 Day 1 of "Devin Nunes colluded with the White House to obstruct the Russia probe" (Timeline here)
03/29/17 House Republicans cancel all hearings on Russian investigation, blame Democrats
05/09/17 F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump
05/10/17 James Comey Fired: McConnell Rejects Calls for Prosecutor
05/10/17 Paul Ryan rejects calls for special prosecutor in Russia investigation
05/17/17 GOP blocks House vote on independent Russia-Trump investigation
05/31/17 Nunes ‘acted separately’ from House Russia probe by unilaterally issuing subpoenas on ‘unmasking’
June, 2017 01/25/18 Trump moved to fire Mueller in June, bringing White House counsel to the brink of leaving
08/28/17 Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months
10/10/17 Nunes Subpoenaed Firm Behind Trump Dossier Without Telling Democrats
11/03/17 Republicans seek special counsel's removal from Russia probe
11/04/17 McConnell: No need to pass bills to protect Mueller
~December, Nunes leading multiple House Intelligence Committee Republicans in a secret investigation into Mueller without telling the Democrats in committee https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/devin-nunes-targeting-mueller-and-the-fbi-alarms-democrats-and-some-republicans-with-his-tactics/2017/12/30/b8181ebc-eb02-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html
//todo: January Nunes memo shenanigans
//todo: Trump blocks Democrat's memo Trump allows Democrat's memo but only after redacting portions of it
01/25/18 Trump moved to fire Mueller in June, bringing White House counsel to the brink of leaving
01/30/18 McConnell: Mueller ‘seems to need no protection’
//todo GOP side of HIC concludes investigation, blames Obama for lack of action, says Russia did not help Trump and if anything they actually helped Hillary, says "unmasking" needs to be investigated, not Russia
03/20/18 Republicans dismiss legislation to protect special counsel
//todo "House committee subpoenas Justice Department for Clinton, Carter Page and McCabe records", House Republicans Lay the Groundwork for Trump to Fire Rosenstein
04/10/18 Trump poised for clash with justice department amid fears he'll fire Mueller - After raid on office of Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, White House says president ‘believes he has the power’ to fire special counsel
04/10/18 McConnell sees no need to protect Mueller
04/10/18 Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December
04/17/18 Several House Republicans endorse bill to protect Mueller
04/17/18 McConnell won’t allow vote to bill to protect Mueller
How far down the escalator are we? How much longer until trump hits the basement?
DeleteMcConnell basically threatened Obama if he dared to release any of the intel they had on Russian interference in the elections because he knew it would torpedo his man Trump. If Hillary won, Merrick Garland or some other judge would be appointed to the Supreme Court. McConnell had to control that appointment and to do that he had to get Trump elected. By then Trump was the candidate and that's what McConnell had to work with, like it or not.
DeleteSeriously, is this the best Trump can do? SAD, believe me.
ReplyDeleteI guess Christie isn't answering his phone.
DeleteThere's is something weird about Guiliani. Can't put my finger on it but it's there. Maybe it's just that he's one of the good old boys club. You know they just get on that phone and start yappin' on how to get their treasured front man off the hook.
ReplyDeleteBut don't they know that even Mueller can't undo Trump webs of deceit.
Donnie Boy has been up to no good for so long that it will take 17 lifetimes to undo his shit.
Porn stars, women, men, a 13 year old he allegedly raped, and contractors have beef against the orange one and yet he still stands arrogant, old, and protected.
When will the orange one be unseated for the white one? Who knows.
Every day there is another bad actor introduced to the ongoing drama of these United States.
We were once MAGA. Now we are the Ugly Americans.
Oh. I know what I thought weird about Guiliani. He is cheesy.
DeleteIn fact anyone that hangs out with Trump is cheesy. And despite all their money, they dress cheap looking. Oh, I mean they lack class.
To put your finger on the weirdness of Giuliani, just point at him anywhere. You can't miss.
DeleteHe is a criminal just like trump.
Deleteif "There was a crOOked man, Guili is ~IT~
Deleteeven his glasses lOOk the part...
Guiliani is complicit in the Hillary email conspiracy, he worked on the trump canpaign and knows the dirt on trump et al.
ReplyDeleteThe ridiculous part is the purpose of the Mueller investigation has gotten lost,proving the russians rigged the election .
Now all the republicans care about is saving the criminals in the WH and his administration.
It may have gotten lost to the public and the media but it hasn't gotten lost to Mueller. He is still focused on his job.
Delete“You paint a pretty dire picture of President Trump," Tapper replied, seeming taken aback. "It's hard to imagine how you don't think the nation is better off if Hillary Clinton had won.”
ReplyDelete“I don't think about it in those terms, Jake,” Comey said. “We have the current president who in my view was legitimately elected, serving as president.
So Trump has just hired, as his new attorney, an almost certain witness in the Mueller probe. That means he will be paying money to, and sharing his own confidential testimony with, a fellow Mueller witness. This is both Obstruction and Witness Tampering. But hey, who's counting?
ReplyDeleteHe will claim attorney client privilege,so Giuliani can't testify.
DeleteI was wondering a few days ago why Giuliani's name hadn't come up in all this and low and behold look who surfaces from the swamp.
Too “busy” to attend Barbara Bush’s funeral so I’ll just send ol’ stone face. Do your job, toots, try to shed a tear. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI doubt Babs would want the porn model at her funeral.
DeleteOh. At first I thought you were referring to Pence.
DeleteDoes she get to bring her special Tiffany's security guy?
DeleteI hope she is shunned by the old money people.
He's had most of the last two weeks in FL; he's not willing to give up his time there to go to TX especially since he knows no one would welcome him there. Imagine the wife has no choice in going; it's disgraceful she's going. Wonder why he didn't send his princess.
ReplyDeleteWondering why we haven't heard much about princess sparkle pony. Hopefully she's come to her senses and is the process of divorcing her crooked husband and having her pos father committed. Ahhh, a guy can dream can't he?
DeleteAewsome visual with her horse mouth! Princess Sparkle Pony is perfection!
DeleteYeah, where is she? Done volunteering? Where's the opioid crisis, middle east peace, curing cancer, going to Mars Wunderkind been also, too?
Who in the hell is Giuliani to negotiate anything with this investigation,
ReplyDeleteAnother lie from the WH,he was hired to stir up the emails as a distraction.
OMG they aren't even good at lying.
Both Trump and Gules are in thick with the mob and those ties are hard to break.
ReplyDelete"Odessa Mafia" CRIMEa!
Delete"Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, there were large stockpiles of arms left in Ukraine. The first prominence of the Ukrainian mafia came through their participation in the illicit international trafficking in these arms. Between 1992 and 1998, some $32 billion in military material disappeared from military depots in Ukraine and ended up primarily in West Africa and Central Asia. Allegedly, Ukrainian criminal organizations were also behind trafficking weapons to war-torn places such as Afghanistan at the time.[2]
From trafficking in arms, Ukrainian crime syndicates entered into the international trade in illegal drugs, becoming a major player in the narcotics traffic from Central Asia to Central Europe. The reach of Ukrainian gangs has become extended, having been reported from Central European countries such as the Czech Republic and Hungary, where they're involved in prostitution, to North American countries and Israel, where they founded a significant power base following the mass immigration of Ukrainian Jews which among the many law-abiding people had also criminal elements profiting from the open borders.[3]
Odessa Mafia
The most infamous form of Ukrainian organized crime, and the one which became the most famous, is the so-called Odessa Mafia named after the Black Sea port city of Odessa. Odessa is an infamous smugglers’ haven and a key hub in post-Soviet global trafficking networks, not least moving Europe-bound Afghan heroin arriving from the Caucasus. Even in Ukraine’s west, gangs are often closely involved in the lucrative trafficking of heroin, people, and counterfeit cigarettes into Europe, often in cooperation with Russian mafia gangs.
Odessa traditionally had an ancient culture of banditry, dating back to the large and impoverished Jewish population. Famous writers such as Isaac Babel often wrote about the infamous exploits of Jewish gangsters, thieves and crime lords in the port city. 20th century thuggery made way for sophisticated organized crime when local crime lords began to use the city's sprawling port to their advantage. The at first locally active Odessa Mafia, sometimes also called the Malina, became well known when it branched out to New York City at first and later on Israel, when both countries gave the opportunity to Soviet Jews to immigrate. Many people from Odessa's Jewish population migrated abroad, among them a large part of the city's most infamous career criminals. Although the gang was born in the city of Odessa, it has since established most of its headquarters in cities such as New York City, Tel Aviv, Antwerp and Budapest with brigades composed of former Odessan or Odessa-connected criminals active in a large amount of other cities.
In the United States the Odessa mafia is based in the Brighton Beach district of Brooklyn, New York. It is regarded as the most powerful post-Soviet criminal organization in the USA and has since expanded its operations to Los Angeles, where it has established connections with locally based Armenian and Israeli crime figures, and the San Francisco Bay. It's known for being a very secretive organization, being involved in protection rackets, loan-sharking, murder-for-hire, as well as the infamous fuel tax fraud rackets and narcotics trafficking. Nonetheless a large amount of Odessa Mafia-connected gangsters have become part of the US' criminal folklore, examples being Marat Balagula, Evsei Agron and Boris Nayfeld. Feuds, often resulting in extreme violence, happened in the 1980s and 1990s between Odessa gangsters such as the internal war between Balagula and Agron at first, and later on between the Nayfeld brothers and Monya Elson."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Power
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia
What a cluster fuck dynasty!
DeleteI guess that why the "hit" was ordered by the oldest.
Too bad their secret is out.
I hear direct descendants are hunting for those "evil" ones. I say Happy Hunting! ;)
I can’t stand Giuliani. He is obnoxious, a loud mouth who lies. I dread the thought of him making rounds like Kelly Anne fast spinning liar.
ReplyDeleteI think he was brought in to yell, bully and smear people. He is grandiose. Trump must believe he can outsmart the universe and destroy the reputation of anyone to get away with anything.
If you need a good laugh look for Corker's response on CNN to the question will you support the reelection bid of trump,apparently trump announced he is going to run in 2020.
ReplyDeleteGuess he needs more donations to pay Giuliani
He announced that shortly after he won. So he can continue to take donations which he is using for his legal defense.
DeleteHere are 13 transformational bills in Congress that could completely change America as we know it
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/13-transformational-bills-congress-completely-change-america-know/
Here Are 13 Transformational Bills in Congress That Could Change America as We Know It
ReplyDeletehttps://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/13-critical-bills-all-americans-should-care-about
The Clean Energy for America Act: To incentivize additional renewable energy and more renewable energy jobs, potentially helping to turn Arizona into a solar power "powerhouse."
DeleteThe Paycheck Fairness Act: To ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work. The bill already has 199 sponsors and co-sponsors and only needs 19 more supporters to have enough votes to pass the House. Will any of the candidates seeking congressional seats this year be that 200th vote?
The Citizen Sovereignty Act: To help reduce the influence of big money lobbyists in Washington. The bill will be introduced on April 25, the day after the April 24th special elections.
The Safe and Affordable Prescription Drug Importation Act: To allow Americans to purchase prescription drugs from Canada at lower rates than available in the United States and “The SPIKE Act” to prevent large spikes in the cost of currently available drugs.
The Save Net Neutrality Act: To return net neutrality as the law in the U.S.
The Fair Representation Act: To end political gerrymandering, the practice of states choosing political districts for political benefit.
The Student Loan Fairness Act: To allow college students to benefit from the same interest rates as big banks do.
The Marijuana Justice Act: To eliminate federal penalties for the possession or use of marijuana for recreational purposes.
The Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act: One of many bills that affect animals that almost never receive public attention, this would overrule laws in many states allowing for the killing of dogs and cats and help NGOs end the Yulin Dog Meat Festival (currently stuck in committee).
The PAST Act: Also stuck in Congress, this would outlaw the torture of Tennessee Walker horses, reversing a law that animal rights advocates consider to be one of the cruelest in American history.
The Dream Act: To cancel the removal and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis to an alien who is inadmissible or deportable.
The Medicare for All Act: To expand Medicare to all ages and allow every American to receive medical services from the government if they so desired.
The Background Check Expansion Act: To create comprehensive background checks for gun purchases.
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Also, in March of 2017, Congress passed H.J.Res 69 to allow hunters in Alaska to shoot baby bears and their parents hibernating in their dens, overturning a key Obama-era animal rights law."
Guiliani should just go sell sofa sectionals at the mall.
ReplyDeleteHaha.
DeleteWho's next to be added - Nugent and Barr?
ReplyDeleteHeard on Fresh Air today, that on Sunday Trump's caddy who rose to prominence as Donnie's Tweeter will be feathered in the Washington Post.
ReplyDeleteEven a caddy can serve in the White House. No qualifications needed other than you need to have your' lips permanently suctioned to Trump's ass.
Such an unholy bunch.
ReplyDeleteGiuliani. Because everyone else said no.
ReplyDeleteAnd so rudy and trump are under serious investigation for collusion and lying. Both committed treason.
ReplyDeleteGhouliani is a sick fuck.
ReplyDeleteNoun, verb, 9/11.
Another divorcee dotard trump assclown stain. Mr mob blob rumpster will take all down with him to hell that smells like the swamp.
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