WAPO: Giuliani told agents it was okay to 'throw a fake' during political campaign

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-fbi-surprise-fake/2021/08/11/754e9b4c-fabc-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

Giuliani told agents it was okay to ‘throw a fake’ during political campaign
By Devlin Barrett Yesterday at 4:36 p.m. EDT

Rudolph W. Giuliani’s promise of a “big surprise” to help Donald Trump’s election in October 2016 led to Democratic accusations the FBI was feeding him secrets about an investigation of Hillary Clinton.

But a newly obtained transcript shows the former New York mayor told federal agents it was okay to “throw a fake” when campaigning, to which his then-law partner added, “there’s no obligation to tell the truth.”

Giuliani’s comments came in a 2018 interview with agents for the Justice Department inspector general, conducted in a room at Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington. The Project on Government Oversight, a government watchdog group, sued for a copy of the interview transcript and provided it to The Washington Post on Wednesday.

Giuliani’s private defense of his actions has come to light as he and other Trump lawyers face discipline and possible court sanctions for their unfounded statements surrounding the 2020 election, raising questions about lawyers’ integrity in a democracy.

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Classic oxymoron - "Lawyers' integrity."

[Freethinker65]

2. Bullshit. Rudy expected a major leak.

When he got caught on TV and realized he fucked up predicting it, he clammed up and looked guilty as fuck. There are videotapes of the exact moment Rudy realized he was in legal trouble.

A bit like when Trump said he knew horrible things would be coming out after Jr's "adoption meeting" with the Russians. These old geezers just could not let things unfold without spilling the, what turned out to be not, magic beans first.