Posted on 05/19/2018 8:31:06 AM PDT by Mariner
Former FBI Director James Comey is a “proven liar” and Attorney General Jeff Sessions “didn’t step up” to shut down an “unjustifiable investigation.” Those were just two of the claims made Friday by Rudy Giuliani, one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, as he continued an escalating effort to erode the legitimacy of the Justice Department’s Russia probe.
As Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team continue their probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, possible coordination with the Trump-Pence campaign, and whether the president obstructed justice, Giuliani — joined by Trump and others — are executing a strategy intended to raise doubts about the necessity of the investigation, whether Mueller and the FBI are out to get Trump, and the special counsel’s tactics.
The former U.S. attorney and New York mayor lashed out at Sessions, Comey, Mueller and others Friday morning during a sometimes-explosive interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Among other charges, Giuliani said those conducting the probe are guilty of crimes against Trump.
“If you’re asking me who has commited crimes here, the crimes have been committed by the investigators. Illegal leaking, lying about relevant matters, invasions of attorney-client privilege — which is unethical, not illegal,” the president’s attorney said. That came after Giuliani said a dossier compiled by a former British spy about then-businessman Trump’s activities — some salacious and embarrassing — in Moscow, as well alleged contacts with Russians during the 2016 campaign cycle was “corrupt.”
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This is a political fight and has little to do with the law.
Rudy said he’d wrap it up in a week or two. That was a month ago.
Will Rudy be Sessions replacement???
Do you take issue with his performance?
Performance? All I’ve seen is big talk.
Exactly, Bump!
You didn’t even read the article.
You just stopped by to emote about Rudy.
Just like a girl would.
Did Rudy say he’d wrap up the Mueller investigation in a week or two or not?
No fight.... no skirmish.... no battle
This is real war. The game is for all the marbles.
Trumpian forces have begun to attack on the flanks preceeding the main assault that will destroy the Democrat party. The Democrats know it and like the Japs in WW II will hold out until all their cities are fire bombed and the atomic bomb utterly destroys them.
There can be no compashion. Win or die are the alternatives
He’s too old to run a major department.
Rudy has a big impact upon public opinion.
That is what this is all about.
He has, but so far he has come off as rather baffonish with a bad case of foot in mouth disease.
Sorry, buffoonish.
The Mueller probe has “legitimacy”? Who knew?
Mueller is scum. Comey is scum. They need to be treated as such at every opportunity.
Will Rudy be Sessions replacement???
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Rudy mentioned in one of the first interviews I saw after he took on this job with Trump that he really regretted not accepting the AG job, now that he’s seen what is going on (or maybe ‘not’ going on would be a more apt description). Whether he’d take it on now .... I don’t know.
‘He’s too old to run a major department.’
Rudy Giuliani: 73
Jeff Sessions: 71
Personally, I think there are 71-73 yos who could do it. Sessions isn’t one of them, and I don’t know definitively about Giuliani one way or the other. A lot comes down to picking the right support people. Rosenstein has been a Trump-hating disaster.
No. Lots of girls wouldn’t.
Heck -- I've speculated that this is why he was never even considered for the job even back in 2016. I predict we're going to be learning some interesting things about the relationship between Giuliani and Trump during the 2016 campaign.
Rudy is hammering “the investigators” so hard that they will say “Uncle”when more of their scam to frame President Trump comes out.
Oh yeah, it’s already coming out.
Masterful.
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