Posted on 10/12/2019 5:38:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Trump defended his personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani on Saturday amid reports that federal prosecutors are investigating whether the former New York City mayor broke lobbying laws in his efforts to oust the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yavonovitch.
“So now they are after the legendary ‘crime buster’ and greatest Mayor in the history of NYC, Rudy Giuliani,” Trump tweeted. “He may seem a little rough around the edges sometimes, but he is also a great guy and wonderful lawyer.”
In defending Giuliani, Trump revived one of his recurring conspiracy theories that a “Deep State” of entrenched bureaucrats and law enforcement officers are continuing to undermine him and his associates. “Such a one sided Witch Hunt going on in USA. Deep State. Shameful!” he said.
His vocal defense of the embattled attorney comes just a day after he seemed to put distance between himself and the former mayor when asked if Giuliani still worked for him. “I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to Rudy. . . . He has been my attorney,” the president said.
Following those remarks, Giuliani told The Washington Post that he was still Trump’s lawyer.
The president’s tweet follows a report in The New York Times that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating Giuliani's efforts to have Yavonovitch recalled in a broader effort to pressure Ukraine into investigating former vice president Joe Biden's son, who sat on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.
Two of Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested on Wednesday on charges of campaign finance violations. According to an indictment that federal prosecutors unsealed Thursday, the men were working for Ukrainian officials to remove Yovanovitch from her job.
Giuliani has admitted to trying to oust Yovanovitch but denies violating foreign lobbying disclosure laws because he was acting on behalf
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The irony here is that the Democrats and their RINO enablers have tried to open a whole can of worms here that will most likely remain sealed shut. By attempting to prosecute President Trump they gave him all the justification he needed to have attorneys representing him and traveling all over the world to deal with foreign interests on his behalf.
There’s more to each and every one of these BS hit jobs. Each time the president and his staff are exonerated. This SDNY hit job was concocted and coordinated with Schiff, Brennan’s current IC thugs and the MSM. Rudy will be found to be innocent as will the two arrested. I’d like to know if they’ve got these attacks planned and in the pipeline right on through the election?
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Good summary
Go get’em Rudy!!!
What federal investigation? This is corrupt NY state people who gave us the Cohen mess. They shall again!
Hearsay is now legitimate journalism.
Pay wall.
It’s weird but seems Rudy was a much better politician than lawyer.
Most folks were lousy lawyers so they become politicians....
Comcast is targeting Giuliani.
You Comcast subscribers really need to wake the # up.
They are going after his lawyer, just like with Cohen. This is why you never yield to them, lest they make it an automatic habit.
Let me understand something. Trump sends his attorney to Ukraine to make some inquires about a potential candidate and therefore Orangeman bad but hitlery can send her attorneys to find a smear group who contact ruskies to get false info on trump and that is ok.
Barr needs to wholesale fire every, damn, lawyer in the Southern District of New York. It is out of control and acting as the democrat party’s independent DOJ. It is as if it’s not part of the DOJ. Next, Trump needs to fire Wray. Once this is done and an acting SDNY US attorney is appointed, that attorney needs to investigate Cyrus Vance Jr.
I am talking a full on, swatting of the NY DA’s offices and even his home to seize his computers, preferably in the middle of the night.
The Deep State knows he has the goods and now they are going to try to keep him quiet. High stakes politics! Sure Rudy knew eventually the Deep State will try to get him. This will be interesting!
Yes !
The b*tch a*s Media licked the wrong fight in taking on America’a Mayor and the greatest President in history!
Yep. You got it.
Good. Trump is loyal to those loyal to him.
They are investigating, but don’t want to admit it in the open.
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