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bigtree

(85,996 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:08 PM May 2018

Guiliani keeps on giving

Judd Legum @JuddLegum 8m8 minutes ago
Giuliani returned to Fox News for 8 minutes (tonight)

It was a disaster again.
https://goo.gl/DCxsuR

TP:

In an interview that lasted less than 8 minutes, he made several significant errors.

Giuliani again addressed the Stormy Daniels case and the $130,000 hush money payment made by Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen to the adult film actress. If the money was intended to influence the campaign, it could violate federal law.

But Giuliani told Pirro that the donation would be legal “even if it was a campaign donation.” According to Giuliani, it was legal as a campaign donation because “the president reimbursed it fully.”

This, however, is false. While candidates can donate unlimited money to their own campaigns, all campaign donations, and loans, must be reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The failure to report the donation is a violation of federal law. The Stormy Daniels payment has never been reported to the FEC by Trump. If it was a campaign expense Trump broke the law.

At another point, Giuliani says the payment to Stormy Daniels was not a loan but an “expenditure,” which is the word the FEC uses to describe expenses related to a campaign...

read: https://thinkprogress.org/guiliani-returned-to-fox-news-for-8-minutes-it-was-a-disaster-again-1c7aad278cce/

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Guiliani keeps on giving (Original Post) bigtree May 2018 OP
I would send Victoria Toering out there for a double segment before sending out Ghouls. At least Kirk Lover May 2018 #1
He's pulling a Scaramucci. Ellipsis May 2018 #2
The eleven day record will be hard to beat! rgbecker May 2018 #6
I can't see Rudy lasting through next week. Initech May 2018 #9
I can't either...either Rudy will spit all over RUMP accidently when he's ranting and ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #32
... Ellipsis May 2018 #19
Rudy steps on another rake. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #3
Ah, yes. The first rule of holes Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #15
I find that many of t-rumpters have to be on heavy medication, drugs and Iliyah May 2018 #4
Bill Maher and Jon Meacham agreed that Rudy had a BigmanPigman May 2018 #14
That's a riot! Guess he forgot his Fixodent. Bluepinky May 2018 #31
That is a scary thought. I wouldn't want to go near his bathroom... BigmanPigman May 2018 #34
Ghooli is a veritable cornucopia Cha May 2018 #5
Isn't it completely obvious now that this administration feels ABOVE THE LAW? Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #7
Bob "The Eagle" BradleyStrikes Again Stallion May 2018 #8
They are testing to find what works. And they are giving Mueller more evidence. nt Blue_true May 2018 #10
Giuliani, all by himself, is the Keystone Cops of legal representation RandomAccess May 2018 #11
With lawyers like that, who need prosecutors? nt Blue_true May 2018 #12
They are trying to get people over to Fake "Fox"News. rockfordfile May 2018 #13
And Pirro must have been thinking to herself.... bagimin May 2018 #16
Ghouliani is a senile old hack workinclasszero May 2018 #17
Agree... Civic Justice May 2018 #20
Keep digging Rudy baby!!! KelleyKramer May 2018 #18
He'll be back on tv tomorrow morning on ABC DesertRat May 2018 #21
Ghouliani is the senile gift that keeps on giving. SergeStorms May 2018 #22
Has anybody noticed that Giuliani looks like... The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #23
Lol, yes DesertRat May 2018 #26
I fully expect that, if he lasts at all, it will get "worse." BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #24
From Marc Elias Gothmog May 2018 #25
Way to brag about your Cha May 2018 #29
Trump should pay hush money to Giuliani Zorro May 2018 #27
Maybe Guiliani figured that a campaign radical noodle May 2018 #28
One Word kurtcagle May 2018 #30
Look, Rudy has many strengths. He's great at flacking for illegally leaking crooked crazy NY Feds, Mc Mike May 2018 #33
I can't figure out why trump would have hired this guy. D23MIURG23 May 2018 #35
 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
1. I would send Victoria Toering out there for a double segment before sending out Ghouls. At least
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:11 PM
May 2018

she has her "wits" about her even if she is full of shit.

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
32. I can't either...either Rudy will spit all over RUMP accidently when he's ranting and ...
Sun May 6, 2018, 08:07 AM
May 2018

raving about something, or RUMP will feel like Rudy is getting too much attention...just wait...and RUMP's nature will resume its course...

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
3. Rudy steps on another rake.
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:13 PM
May 2018

If Rudy and Spanky had half a brain between them they'd know to just STFU. Instead, they go on TV and say dumb stuff for the consumption of the rubes who watch Fox News. However, Mueller's investigators watch this stuff, too.

Rudy and Spanky repeatedly violate the First Rule of Holes.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. I find that many of t-rumpters have to be on heavy medication, drugs and
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:18 PM
May 2018

alcohol. This also includes t-rump and family.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
14. Bill Maher and Jon Meacham agreed that Rudy had a
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:46 PM
May 2018

liquid dinner before he went on Fux this week. At least he didn't lose his dentures like the moron did last winter.

Bluepinky

(2,268 posts)
31. That's a riot! Guess he forgot his Fixodent.
Sun May 6, 2018, 06:22 AM
May 2018

His bathroom items includes Propecia for hair growth, Fixodent for dentures, Orange goop for skin color and who knows what else.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
34. That is a scary thought. I wouldn't want to go near his bathroom...
Sun May 6, 2018, 04:19 PM
May 2018

I can't imagine the stuff he has in there.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
7. Isn't it completely obvious now that this administration feels ABOVE THE LAW?
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:25 PM
May 2018

This kind of "in your face" bullshit makes me feel that it's true.

bagimin

(1,333 posts)
16. And Pirro must have been thinking to herself....
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:55 PM
May 2018

Rudy Giuliani needs to step down!...as the spokesman for the pres.

KelleyKramer

(8,958 posts)
18. Keep digging Rudy baby!!!
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:06 PM
May 2018

Yep, that Trump, he only hires the best, the very best. Better than anyone in the history of.. forever

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
22. Ghouliani is the senile gift that keeps on giving.
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:35 PM
May 2018

I really can't believe Trump was happy to "land" Ghouliani on his legal "team". You couldn't sit down and write anything as ludicrous as this.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
24. I fully expect that, if he lasts at all, it will get "worse."
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:59 PM
May 2018

"Worse" being a worsening of their legal position. If he makes it to the summer, I predict an interview to end with him screeching and flinging poo.

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
28. Maybe Guiliani figured that a campaign
Sun May 6, 2018, 01:56 AM
May 2018

contribution like that would be a slap on the wrist compared to what trump and cohen have really done.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
33. Look, Rudy has many strengths. He's great at flacking for illegally leaking crooked crazy NY Feds,
Sun May 6, 2018, 01:23 PM
May 2018

top notch at convention bellowing and making nazi-promoting Fox appearances. Fantastic at wiping out the NY mob, just ask his buddy Felix Sater.

He does a wonderful impression of Nosferatu, and nobody does lipless sneering mutant better than him (Except Kate McK.)

But he just isn't much of a lawyer.

D23MIURG23

(2,850 posts)
35. I can't figure out why trump would have hired this guy.
Sun May 6, 2018, 04:40 PM
May 2018

I've been thinking he might be going senile ever since the ridiculous clown show that was his presidential campaign 10 years ago. He doesn't seem to have any common sense about what he should and should not say in public.

I guess if trump wants nutty uncle Rudy making confessions for him on faux news, I can't complain.

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