Thursday, 17 January 2019

Giuliani tries to clean up Russia collusion comments

quote [ Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal attorney, attempted on Thursday to clean up comments he made the night before stating that Trump did not collude with Russian officials but suggesting that other campaign officials may have.

"I represent only President Trump not the Trump campaign. There was no collusion by President Trump in any way, shape or form," Giuliani said in a statement, adding, "Likewise, I have no knowledge of any collusion by any of the thousands of people who worked on the campaign.The only knowledge I have in this regard is the collusion of the Clinton campaign with Russia which has so far been ignored." ]

He forgot the conspiracy, bribery, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and campaign finance fraud. Full in extended

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Giuliani tries to clean up Russia collusion comments

By REBECCA MORIN

01/17/2019 10:44 AM EST

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal attorney, attempted on Thursday to clean up comments he made the night before stating that Trump did not collude with Russian officials but suggesting that other campaign officials may have.

"I represent only President Trump not the Trump campaign. There was no collusion by President Trump in any way, shape or form," Giuliani said in a statement, adding, "Likewise, I have no knowledge of any collusion by any of the thousands of people who worked on the campaign.The only knowledge I have in this regard is the collusion of the Clinton campaign with Russia which has so far been ignored."

During an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo on Wednesday night, Giuliani said that he "never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or people in the campaign," adding that the president has also never said there was no collusion.

Trump has repeatedly denied that he colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. Special counsel Robert Mueller is currently investigating whether Moscow and Trump's presidential campaign worked in concert to sway the election, and whether Trump subsequently tried to obstruct justice.

“I never said there was no collusion between the campaign. Or between people in the campaign,” Giuliani told Cuomo.

He added: “There is not a single bit of evidence the President of the United States committed the only crime you can commit here, conspiring with the Russians to hack the DNC."

Over the past several months, Giuliani has muddied the White House's messaging around Mueller's probe, including whether the president knew about a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election.

Giuliani has also evolved his own messaging around collusion, and both Giuliani and Trump have both stated before that there was no collaboration between the Kremlin and the larger campaign.
[SFW] [crime & punishment] [+1 WTF]
[by knumbknutz@5:49pmGMT]

Comments

Dienes said @ 7:04pm GMT on 17th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
I see we're just continuing to move through the prayer.
ComposerNate said @ 9:08pm GMT on 17th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
A lawyer should not be expected to tell the truth, but to represent the client.
rylex said @ 6:29pm GMT on 17th Jan
He didnt foeget. Those charges aren't collusion!!

No collusion!!
Fish said @ 5:33am GMT on 19th Jan [Score:-2]
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rylex said @ 4:04pm GMT on 19th Jan [Score:-3 Trollfood]
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Fish said @ 7:34pm GMT on 19th Jan [Score:-3 Boring]
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rylex said @ 8:06pm GMT on 19th Jan [Score:-2]
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Ankylosaur said @ 6:45pm GMT on 17th Jan
Give Rudy a break. It's hard to keep everything straight with the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme constantly playing in your head 24/7.

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