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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuiliani: "Because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/giuliani-admits-spygate-is-pr-about-impeachment.html<snip>
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani confirmed on Sunday that the president and his allies attempts to discredit the Mueller investigation including the most recent so-called Spygate controversy are part of a public relations campaign aimed at staving off impeachment. It is for public opinion, the former New York mayor admitted during an appearance on CNNs State of the Union. And while trying to shape public opinion is the rarely acknowledged goal of any presidential administration, what Giuliani said next was unique to Trumps: Because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach.
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Before acknowledging the PR angle, Giuliani clearly tried to reference Spygate as much as possible, using the word six times, and acting as though he was astonished by the allegations. He also tried to repeat Trumps lie that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has admitted the FBI placed a spy in the Trump campaign which Bash corrected him on.
Other times, the former U.S. attorney acknowledged he didnt really know who was guilty and who was not. At one point, Giuliani said he cant be confident there was no collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia, but claimed that the allegations came as a surprise to him and the president and others at the top of the campaign:
You go out to the outer orbit [of the campaign], how do I know what is going on? But I dont think that would matter. You cant if there is collusion with a guy 50 rungs down on the campaign not that Im saying it happened, but, if it did, I dont know I dont know what that means.
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Guiliani: "Because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach." (Original Post)
kentuck
May 2018
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(9,676 posts)1. fuck impeachment
Make the asshole resign
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)2. His ego can't do that
I want to see him taken away in chains
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)3. I was just waking up and that really caught my attention. They already know the jig is up...he
friggin ADMITTED IT. If your client (and you) are innocent why in the world would there be an impeachment?
I better see someone grab onto that like a dog with a bone.