Posted on 05/03/2018 12:05:58 PM PDT by GIdget2004
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Thursday he doubted the veracity of a bombshell NBC News report from earlier in the day that federal authorities wiretapped the president’s longtime counsel, Michael Cohen.
“Us lawyers have talked about it, we don’t believe it’s true,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast. “We think it’s going to turn out to be untrue because it would be totally illegal. You can’t wiretap a lawyer, you certainly can’t wiretap his client who’s not involved in the investigation. No one has suggested that Trump was involved in that investigation. So they’re going to wiretap the lawyer, his client, and his client the president of the United States? I don’t think so, not if they want to stay out of jail. Disclosing a wiretap is a federal felony. I never took ‘em home when I was a U.S. attorney.”
Giuliani said that he found out about the wiretap news from NBC News’ report, which cited “two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings,” and not from Cohen himself. He believed someone in the Justice Department was behind the leak.
“Nobody else would know about it,” Giuliani said. “Cohen didn’t know about it, so it has to be the FBI, the independent counsel, or the Justice Department.”
“Anybody who says that I’m exaggerating when I say that this is an out-of-control investigation and they’re acting like storm troopers––give me a break, baby! They prove it every day.”
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Rudy talks too much.
At this point I don’t believe 1/2 of what he says.
Giuliani is probably just saying the straight truth, but I think he is also being artful. Basically: Everybody better hope this is typical Fake News by the media, because if it isn’t Fake News, no power in the world can save these people from Hell. He’s sending a message.
I disagree. He’s taking control of the situation.
And yet here we are, countless thousands of well-documented crimes later, and not one of the Deep State cabal has even been charged with a crime.
I am patient and I trust the plan.
Yep. I think he’s using the whole, “of course they didn’t do it, because if they did they would be screwed.” type of comment, suggesting that he thinks they screwed themselves and did do the wiretap.
He probably turned to the NSA folks and asked them. Course, maybe this was not an authorized wiretapped, and they went and used that stingray device.
And if it isn't fake, it's a leak.
Sources....sources....
Didn’t sound coherent or in control of his facilities on Hannity.
Was he drunk, on medication? Maybe its just me.
I don’t doubt anything any more. At this time, anything is possible. Who would have thought that we’d ever see such a concerted effort to overturn election results by the extreme left?
Giuliani isn't that naive. What is he communicating subrosa here?
"Illegal" doesn't stop criminals.
I watched the whole Hannity interview. You better check your meds, buddy!
Yup.
No way they would do that, because if they did, they'll go to prison.
So if they weren’t wiretapping cohen, who were they wiretapping?. POTUS?
I agree with you. He’s messing with both the leaker/s and the MSM.
FISA warrant on Carter Page wasn’t`t REALLY for Page.
Everyone knows it was a back-door into Trumps` comms.
That was step one.
Step two: Someone tells the media that some "serious crimes" are being investigated.
Step three: Wait for one of them to come forward and rat out the others.
Wishful thinking? Probably, but hey, I can dream, can't I?
Its just you.
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