Rudy Giuliani stands by his comment about Trump and AT&T

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

Last Updated May 12, 2018 2:44 PM EDT

Rudy Giuliani is standing by his Friday comment about President Trump blocking the AT&T merger with Time Warner, telling CBS News correspondent Paula Reid the Trump administration is blocking the merger and that he believes President Trump and the Trump administration are one and the same.

Giuliani told CBS News he was making the point that the administration's opposition to the merger shows Mr. Trump was not at all swayed by money his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, received from the company. Cohen, Giuliani confirmed, no longer represents Mr. Trump.

On Friday, Giuliani, Mr. Trump's newest personal lawyer, told HuffPost that Mr. Trump "denied the merger" between the two companies, contradicting earlier statements from the White House and Department of Justice that the president was not involved. Giuliani made the remarks after it was revealed AT&T's senior executive vice president of external and legislative affairs, Bob Quinn, was involved in agreeing to pay longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen a reported $600,00 for what the company described as "insights" into the Trump administration's positions. "Whatever lobbying was done didn't reach the president," Giuliani told HuffPost. "He did drain the swamp ... The president denied the merger. They didn't get the result they wanted."

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders reiterated again in a statement Saturday morning it was the DOJ that denied the merger.

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[hlthe2b]

1. And, once again... the gang that couldn't shoot straight...

Which works for me.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Did the money "reach the president"? Or was it drained off?

"Whatever lobbying was done didn't reach the president," Giuliani told HuffPost. "He did drain the swamp ... The president denied the merger. They didn't get the result they wanted."

[Izzy Blue]

7. It's in court

and the merger just may go through.

"AT&T and the government face off in court Monday. Here's what you"
...
www.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-biz-att-time-warner-justice-department-lawsuit-201803...
Mar 19, 2018 - It's been decades since the government last went to court to block a vertical merger. Because of that, many analysts had predicted the AT&T ...

[flibbitygiblets]

3. Yeah he definitely drained that swamp

Who you gonna believe? Rudy, or your lying eyes?

[Achilleaze]

4. "I'm not going to change my lie this time. Heh, heh." - Rudy G. (R)

[duforsure]

5. LOL!!!!!

He's better then watching SNL. Kind of proves how incompetent Forrest Rump is.

[Izzy Blue]

6. Wouldn't Trump first have to have known about the money not to have been "swayed" by it?

"Mr. Trump was not at all swayed by money his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, received from the company."

[Lochloosa]

8. Great question.

[Leghorn21]

9. Excellent question!! I never think of obvious queries like this one, Izzy!! Brilliant!

[woundedkarma]

10. In other words, the bribe wasn't big enough. n/t

[AKing]

11. Hopefully he's back on Sunday Talk tomorrow making a jackass of himself again.

[paleotn]

12. Wait until corporate donations to Rethug congressional campaigns starts to dry up...

Normally, when someone receives a bribe, they're obligated to follow through on their part of the bargain. Otherwise, things can go very badly for the receiver of the bribe. Not only has AT&T had their bribe stolen, they've had their brand dragged through the mud. And this is only the most heavily publicized case. Probably safe to assume there's been additional rip offs. This will not go unpunished. Believe me.

Personally, I'm buying stock in popcorn producers.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Since when was Cohen not representing Trump? On the Fox and Friends interview 2 weeks ago, Trump

said "he represents me" in the Stormy Daniels case, which is ongoing:

[SayItLoud]

14. The Walk Back presidency

forever known.

[riversedge]

15. So, Rudy says Trump interferred and would not let the merger go through and Sarah Sanders says

that it was the DOJ that denied.

Personally, I think Trump interrred!!