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RUDY GIULIANI RETURNS TO IMPLICATE TRUMP IN EPSTEIN SCANDAL
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RUDY GIULIANI RETURNS TO IMPLICATE TRUMP IN EPSTEIN SCANDAL
The presidents attorney apparently forgot that one of Epsteins closest pals was Donald Trump, himself.
BY BESS LEVIN
JULY 22, 2019
If the Mueller probe taught the world one thing, its that anyone professionally associated with Rudy Giuliani should demand a clause in his contract barring him from speaking publicly on their behalf. Last year, for example, in a series of interviews that made his unhinged rant against ferrets look sane, Giuliani suggested that Donald Trump fired James Comey in order to obstruct his investigations; that the president had colluded with Russia but that doing so wasnt a crime; and that attorneys at his law firm regularly took it upon themselves to pay off porn stars alleging affairs with their clientsto say nothing of cringeworthy fantasies he offered up about riding to Ivanka Trumps rescue. Now that the Russia matter has mostly concludedsave for testimony by Robert Mueller that could potentially change the impeachment calculusGiuliani has been forced to find new ways to stick both feet in his mouth. On Monday, he found one!
Appearing on Hill.TV, the former New York City mayor told the hosts of Rising that the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case is obviously going to implicate a lot of peopleI cant tell you who but its not going to end up with just Jeffrey Epstein. While that is certainly the consensusreporter Nick Bryant, who obtained Epsteins black book, said in an interview with Vanity Fair that the scandal will go all the way up to Mount Olympusone person you could say is definitely implicated in the scandal is Giulianis own client, Donald Trump. The same Donald Trump who hosted a calendar girl party at Mar-a-Lago in 1992, the guest list for which consisted of him, Epstein, and 28 girls. It is also the same Donald Trump who was videotaped dancing and joking with Epstein at another party at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by young cheerleaders for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins. In fact, Trump remained on extremely friendly terms with Epstein for at least another decade, telling New York in 2002 that Epstein was a terrific guy and a lot of fun to be with, adding, It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. Six years later, Epstein would be convicted of sex crimes by a Florida state court.
Yet, weirdly, Giuliani did not mention Trump while discussing the powerful people likely to go down as a result of the new charges against Epstein, which the financier has denied. Nor did he mention fellow Trump defender and longtime Epstein pal Alan Dershowitz, whos denied ever taking part in Epsteins underage sex ring. (I got one massage! Dershowitz told my colleague Gabriel Sherman. It was from a 50-year-old Russian woman named Olga. And I kept my shorts on. I didnt even like it. Im not a massage guy.)
Elsewhere in the Hill.TV interview, ole Rudes contended that anyone who spent a considerable amount of time with Epsteinlike, say, Trumpmore than likely knew that crimes were being committed. If you spent this much time with him and he was so involved with these underaged girlswho did you see him with and what was he doing and what did he tell you and what did he say to you and how could you have missed it, he said. Maybe some were innocentmaybe some werent, but I think theyre going to investigate everybody.
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RUDY GIULIANI RETURNS TO IMPLICATE TRUMP IN EPSTEIN SCANDAL (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jul 2019
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dawg day
(7,947 posts)1. It was "accepted" in those circles-
I think what horrifies most of us is weirdly accepted by many rich and powerful men. We think it's cruel and exploitative, but they think it's fun, that they're entitled to transgress, and maybe that doing this transgression shows how powerful they are. Getting away with it is what they like most.
Girard442
(6,070 posts)2. Seriously, if these rich dudes heard that having sex with a can of Spam was the ultimate sin...
...the supermarkets would be sold out.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)4. Razor sharp cans.
trev
(1,480 posts)3. Eyes Wide Shut
marble falls
(57,080 posts)5. Rudy: a double threat - for his client.
Harker
(14,015 posts)6. Rudy...
the gift that keeps on giving.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)7. The gift that keeps on spewing....