Giuliani: White House wants briefing on classified info

[pnwmom]

Source: ABC News

President Donald Trump's legal team wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and may take it to the Justice Department as part of an effort to scuttle the ongoing special counsel probe.

Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, told The Associated Press on Friday that the White House hopes to get a readout of the information next week, particularly about the use of a longtime government informant who approached members of Trump's campaign in a possible bid to glean intelligence on Russian efforts to sway the election. Trump has made unproven claims of FBI misconduct and political bias and has denounced the asset as "a spy."

"If the spying was inappropriate, that means we may have an entirely illegitimate investigation," Giuliani said of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe. He then invoked the material compiled by former FBI Director James Comey before he was fired.

"Coupled with Comey's illegally leaked memos, this means the whole thing was a mistake and should never have happened," Giuliani said. "We'd urge the Justice Department to re-evaluate, to acknowledge they made a mistake. It's a waste of $20 million of the taxpayers' money. The whole thing is already a waste of money."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/giuliani-briefing-prompt-calls-end-russia-probe-55447904

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Fuck that guy.

He isn't entitled to that information and he knows it. And then fuck him some more and fuck his ugly orange boss especially. Fuck all of them. I wish I never had to hear another word from or about these iniquitous assholes.

[Hortensis]

31. Lol. Not even a little smile for blatant unprincipled corruption?

Or attempted corruption? The Giulianis will get the base out no matter what. After all, Hillary's eating children's faces now as part of her sex trafficking crimes.

But not all Republicans are terminally stupid and ignorant. This stuff has to be stripping a lot of the righteous pleasure from their toxic partisanship.

[SHRED]

2. Why isn't anyone in the media asking Rudy this:

"In your career as a prosecutor, how many times did you reveal evidence and sources to a subject you were investigating?"

[flibbitygiblets]

15. Excellent question!

[Me.]

3. They Are Going To Have To Stand Up To The Bully

once and for all. Going along to get along isn't doing it.

[JustAnotherGen]

28. I agree

It sits with DOJ to say no. Just - No.

[Shrike47]

4. Bullshit. Damned media needs to make a big stinking deal out of this.

And Dems need to scream about it.

[mr_lebowski]

10. But the Dems won't ... they're playing 5D chess and keeping their powder dry and such (nt)

[murielm99]

14. Yes they are.

I hear plenty of our Democrats making a stink about this. Schiff is only one of them.

[mr_lebowski]

17. Please elaborate ... I'd love to hear from someone other than Schiff ...

Not that I don't LOVE Schiff, cause I do ... but he, Ted, Nancy, Dianne, and sometimes Chuck ... seem to be the only ones we hear from on the regular about ... anything, really.

What other Dems on Capitol Hill are raising a stink about this particular travesty?

Honest question, I cannot keep up with everything going on

[murielm99]

21. We only hear about them because they have the big names.

My Senator, Tammy Duckworth, has plenty to say. Have you listened to Sheldon Whitehouse? I am sure there are plenty of others. Maybe some other DU members can elaborate on what their Senators and representatives have to say. If it does not get reported on as much as 45 and his band of miscreants, that is not my fault.

I am tired of hearing nothing but criticism of our Congress people.

[JustAnotherGen]

29. Thank you

The DOJ has to say No.

Final answer.

Neither Booker nor Menendez work for the DOJ.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Remember that not all of the current 244 Democrats in (all of) Congress

are on the relevant House or Senate Committees that are part of these investigations. I.e., there are a select number, a good chunk of whom have been out there, who are directly involved and would even have access to the info to even discuss/argue on camera. And in general, they will often defer to the ranking (senior) Democratic members to give the Democratic position regarding updates/positions for those Committees.

You mention Feinstein (who is Vice Chair (Democrat) for the Judiciary) but for the Senate Intelligence Committee, Warner is the Vice Chair (Democrat) from that Committee and he has been out there along with Ron Wyden (who has probably shown up in the media the most). And regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee, I've seen every Democrat on that Committee out there continually, in some cases, nightly (save Durbin), i.e., Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Harris, Booker, & Hirono have ALL been out there, and from the House (both Judiciary &/or Oversight), I have seen Cummings, Nadler, Speier, Swalwell, Connolly, and of course Ted Lieu (who is also big on tweeting) on MSNBC many times.

If you ever watch any of the shows from 6 pm - 11 pm on MSNBC or CNN, these people show up on "panels" and you are probably seeing them but apparently have no idea what Committees they are on.

[Me.]

5. More Than Also

Giuliani says regarding Comrade Trump ..."He's not the subject or target of that investigation"...how does he know?

[mr_lebowski]

18. Could've sworn that 'subject of investigation' re: Dump has come up numerous times in the past (nt)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. If he's neither a subject nor a target, why does he need the info at all?

He's clearly a subject; he could become a target. But evidence isn't turned over until a person is actually charged with a crime - at that point they are entitled to discovery, including any exculpatory evidence. But Spanky hasn't been charged, and therefore has no more right to see that stuff than any member of the general public.

[PJMcK]

34. Giuliani is playing word games for his ignorant base

We've been told by the Department of Justice that there are three levels of interest in any investigation: in order of increasing seriousness they are witness, subject or target. Depending on the evidence discovered or produced, an individual can move from one category to another.

Trump was told that he was a subject but not a target. Therefore, his position in the investigations is more rather than less serious. To anyone who's observant, it's fairly clear that it wouldn't be a stretch for Trump to become a target.

Giuliani is playing dangerous word games that could-- and will!-- damage Trump's legal positions. Further, Giuliani could put himself in various positions of jeopardy.

Like Trump, Giuliani is an idiot.

[NanceGreggs]

6. Poor Rudy ...

Too stupid to know that the toothpaste can never be put back in the tube.

[KPN]

25. I sure hope you right about that.

I'm not 100% optimistic and therefore keeping my fingers crossed at this point. In the long run, I believe sanity will prevail and democracy -- our democracy -- will be saved or restored. I say restored because I am worried it may take a decade or decades to reverse the damage that is being done, and perhaps even longer.

I do hope you are right.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. It's for the Courts to decide.

The DOJ will be making a fateful error by continuing to submit to the bullying.

[lagomorph777]

8. Every word he spits will be quoted in Mueller's Obstruction indictments.

Same goes for Pres. Turd's words.

[creeksneakers2]

9. Trump wants to know what Mueller knows

So Trump can lie about all the things Mueller doesn't know and find excuses for the things he does know.

[denbot]

12. Not a chance.

After being interviewed by Mueller’s team, former advisor Mike Caputo said;
“Mueller knows more about the campaign than anyone who ever worked there”.

[pecosbob]

11. 'the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election'

had nothing to do with the Steele dossier or with Stefan Halper. It had everything to do with George Papadopoulos running his mouth and with the fact that the Trump campaign hired people that were already under FBI investigation. You can try and conflate all those disparate elements and try to make a cake out of it, and the brain-dead 30% will abolutely believe it. But you know what? Don't even try to walk that bullshit into court.

[KPN]

26. Don't forget the other 15% who look the

other way because they are getting what they want. And ALL of them vote. We need to do the same if we are going to defeat this take-over.

[JDC]

13. F off Rudy. You're a sad clown.

[flibbitygiblets]

16. They need to tell him to pound sand.

or maybe they could just offer to open another investigation into Hillary's emails? That's an oldie but a goodie they probably won't be able to resist.

[notdarkyet]

37. They are already planning it.

[Qutzupalotl]

19. If the spying was appropriate, we may have an illegitimate president.

The American people hope to get the president under oath as soon as possible.

[PJMcK]

35. There wasn't any "spying"

The FBI did not insert an undercover agent into Trump's campaign. They used an informant who had previously provided reliable information to the FBI. This is a long-established and legally responsible law enforcement technique.

Trump is muddying the waters hoping to deflect and distract.

By the way, we have an illegitimate president. James Clapper makes clear in his new book that the Russian interference and assistance to Trump absolutely swayed enough votes to give Trump the electoral win.

The American public was attacked by the Russian government in an act of cyber-warfare. A responsible president and Congress would be turning over every single stone to protect our sovereignty. Republicans won't let that happen because the truth will reveal their complicit and possibly treasonous behavior in the election interference.

[notdarkyet]

38. We also went through the whole, Obama bugged him.

[Marcuse]

40. And the whole unmasking thing.

[BigmanPigman]

20. The next delay/distract/demean tactic Rudy will try is

to demand that Spain hands over their "spies" as well. Geez, what an ass!

"The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016,” Yahoo News reports."

[Vinca]

22. Oh, hell, let's just give Rudy a desk in Mueller's office.

[PJMcK]

36. Why not let Rudy take over for Robert Mueller

It would be so much simpler and, lordy, it will finally be a real investigation that will reveal the criminality of Hilary Clinton and all of the liberal Democrats.



(sarcasm, obviously)

[raven mad]

23. Constitution? Rule of Law? Wait, Whuttttt, Rudy?

I think I'm up too late, pnwmom.......................... WHERE did Rudy go to law school? Trump U? Liberty?



Will depart soon - but thanks for this, it's great!

[Scarsdale]

24. Rudy and tRump make

a perfect pair. Incompatant, full of themselves and spouting nonsense. Nunes has probably given them all the information from this meeting already. Little traitor has been a toady for tRump from the start. I can hardly wait for the TRUTH to come out about him. He is hiding something, desperate to stop the Mueller investigation. All his dirty dealings are probably recorded by the Mueller team already. Just a matter of time, Devin, and we will know what it is you are trying to hide.

[KPN]

27. I never thought we'd see something like

we saw with this week's almost briefing of only GOP reps as orchestrated by the WH. Justice Dept actually complied on that. Will they on this? Will the WH push this? It would be reason for mass protest ... hell, riot in the streets in my view.

[duforsure]

32. DOJ

Need to start filing lawsuits against trump's power grab to undermine an ongoing investigation of himself, and preventing his above the rule of law attempt. Once they gave them anything , it only increased their demands. Just like he's going to do to the NFL, and until they start telling him no , this will escalate, and his demands and behavior will get much worse. The GOP in Congress allowing this makes them co-conspirators to crimes.

[SamKnause]

39. I don't give a flying fuck what Giuliani wants.

I don't give a flying fuck what the White House wants.

I don't give a flying fuck what Trump, his family, or his EVIL LYING supporters want.

I don't give a flying fuck what Evangelicals that support Trump want.

Fuck them all !!!!!!!!!!

They are the greatest threat this country has ever faced !!!!!!

[paleotn]

41. No.

[Mc Mike]

42. Rudy, want in one hand, have a Russian hooker

pee in the other one.

See which one fills up first.