Rudy Giuliani stonewalls Capitol attack investigators during lengthy deposition

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Rudy Giuliani stonewalls Capitol attack investigators during lengthy deposition

Trump lawyer testified to panel Friday but declined to discuss involvement of Republicans in bid to overturn election

Hugo Lowell in Washington
Tue 24 May 2022 13.49 BST
Last modified on Tue 24 May 2022 13.50 BST

Donald Trump’s onetime attorney Rudy Giuliani testified to the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack at length on Friday but declined to discuss the involvement of congressional Republicans in efforts to overturn the 2020 election result, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The move by Giuliani to refuse to give insight into Republican involvement could mean his appearance only marginally advanced the inquiry into his ploy to have then-vice president Mike Pence unlawfully keep Trump in office after he lost to Joe Biden.

However, he did potentially pique the committee’s interest by discussing two notable meetings at the White House involving Trump that took place just weeks before the Capitol insurrection.

Giuliani asserted privilege and the work-product doctrine to decline to respond when asked to detail the roles played by House and Senate Republicans in the scheme to stop Congress’s certification of Biden’s victory on 6 January 2021, the sources said.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/24/rudy-giuliani-capitol-attack-committee-testimony

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Slimey

His legacy is slimey.

[Walleye]

2. That is why it is called investigation

[Harker]

3. He was hoping to be asked about the good old days when he was "America's Mayor"...

NOT his present as "America's Punchline."

[Novara]

10. LOL

It would be a comedy if the stakes weren't so dire. The dribbling hair dye, the landscaping business next to a porn shop. The crazed look in his eyes all the time.

Oh my.

[marieo1]

4. Disgusting pieces of humanity

I don't understand why Giuliani, Trump, and a lot of the other bad guys don't end up in prison!!! They get charged, exposed, etc and nothing ever happens. If some of the rest of us did the things they do, we'd spend the rest of our life behind bars. I have completely lost faith in the republican party. They are all a bunch of crooks............

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

5. So, did Giuliani's head spring another sewage leak under the pressure?

Wouldn't be surprising since he is full of shit!

[SergeStorms]

6. I'm shocked Ghouliani would do that.

Yeah, right. Unless you catch a great big rat, a crime syndicate doesn't testify against itself.

Rudy isn't that big of a rat. He's definitely vermin, but not that big.

[ancianita]

7. Jan 6 Committee probably has the docs (& video footage) they need re congressional repubs anyway.

It doesn't matter if he's stonewalling. All trumpcult are hostile witnesses, some there just to save their asses and minimize culpability.

[Scrivener7]

8. Shocked, I tell you.

[kentuck]

9. Surprise! Surprise!

DU knew what he would do.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216714793