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Trump Aides Reportedly Gave Rudy Giuliani the Wrong Time to Keep Him Away From Debate Prep
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-aides-reportedly-gave-rudy-giuliani-the-wrong-time-to-keep-him-away-from-debate-prep/ar-AAMmW2iAttorney Rudy Giuliani was intentionally given the wrong time for debate prep with former President Donald Trump by aides who didn't want him interfering in the process, a new book alleges.
Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker make the claim in their new book, I Alone Can Fix It, as excerpted by Business Insider.
According to the book, the incident occurred in September 2020, as Trump, 75, was beginning a series of prep sessions for his debates with then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
While former GOP Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey was involved, to serve as a stand-in for Biden, and senior counselor Kellyanne Conway also participated as a stand-in for moderator Chris Wallace, aides were reportedly less than enthused at the prospect of now 77-year-old Giuliani's involvement.
"Most of the other advisors found Giuliani's advice to be 'supremely unhelpful,' " the book claims, adding that the former mayor believed Trump should focus on Biden's son, Hunter, during the debate.
As the book details, aides to Trump tricked Giuliani into missing the majority of the prep by telling him it was scheduled for later in the day.
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Trump Aides Reportedly Gave Rudy Giuliani the Wrong Time to Keep Him Away From Debate Prep (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Jul 2021
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Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)2. The Prep Session is at the Four Seasons
Harker
(14,069 posts)3. I wonder if Christie said, "will you shut up, man?" n/t