Pro Publica tweeted on Rudy--A storm coming. It will blow your mind" -- Now, the storm

[Julian Englis]

Last edited Sat Sep 28, 2019, 03:41 PM - Edit history (8)

Propublica is pretty reliable and responsible news source, so this teaser has me hoping and wondering.

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ProPublica
@propublica
⛈coming.

Topic: Rudy

It will 🤯 your mind.
3, 2, 1....

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1/ Last night, the WaPo reported Rudy Giuliani was slated to make a paid appearance at a Kremlin-backed conference. He canceled after the story.

But we remembered: He ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE TAPE.

via Trump, Inc podcast w/@WNYC

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2/ Giuliani *went to* the conference at the invitation of a Russian-allied businessman who literally rebuilt the Kremlin. (Putin gave the guy an award for it.)

Giuliani was billed to be on a panel with two advisers to Putin, including one on the U.S.’s sanctions list.

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3/ Here’s Giuliani speaking at the same conference last year that he just canceled under heat last night.

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4/ Here's a clip of Giuliani during the trip last year. He explains, “I’m not here in my capacity as a private lawyer for President Trump. I’m here as a private citizen.”

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5/ What was Giuliani invited to speak about? Cybersecurity and “technological breakthrough.”

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6/ The WaPo now reports that Giuliani was scheduled to appear this year on a panel again with — wait for it — the same sanctioned Putin adviser whom we flagged last year!
https://propub.li/2od9vlr

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7/ So what *is* this conference? The WaPo describes it as the “brainchild of Putin,” meant as part of a bulwark against Western Europe.

The conference’s site says it’s bankrolled by the Russian govt.
http://ereforum.org/organizers/?lang=en

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8/ Giuliani told the WaPo he WAS going to be paid for this latest appearance. But he wouldn’t say by whom or how much.

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9/ Giuliani’s appearance at the conference last year wasn’t an isolated thing. As we reported, he has been traveling to Russia and the region frequently as the guest of powerful players there.

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10/ We asked Giuliani whether he was being paid for all these trips to former Soviet states, and if so by whom. He wouldn’t say.

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11/ We asked a former prosecutor about Giuliani’s junkets. Her answer: Giuliani's work abroad does no appear to brea any laws. But it also appears to be unprecedented. Said Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. Attorney and law professor at University of Michigan, "I don't recall saying anthing like this before."

[tanyev]

1. Given what we've seen from him the last few days, I can't even imagine.

[Leghorn21]

2. TOO LATE, my mind's lying under the bed in a fetal position since last night

...and I’m LOVIN IT!!!!

[demmiblue]

3. ...

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I have the highest regard for Pro Publica

so I expect something earth-shattering.

[demmiblue]

5. Stop teasing me!

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[Leith]

6. Anybody remember the Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood?

"We are coming" will never be the same innocent phrase it once was.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/videoplayer/vi3363963417?ref_=nv_sr_1_v_1


The first 45 seconds will suffice, but the whole 2 minute preview is good, too.

[MelissaB]

7. Reminder: Rudy is a mobster. Ya'll know that, right?

Click the first tweet and go to the twitter thread for access to all the photos and info.

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[Leghorn21]

8. IT'S HERE - first post:

1/ Last night, the WaPo reported Rudy Giuliani was slated
to make a paid appearance at a Kremlin-backed conference.
He canceled after the story.

But we remembered: He ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE TAPE.

via Trump, Inc podcast

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[dalton99a]

21. +1

[Hav]

9. That was rather meh

Looked like nothing that wasn't already known. I read over those tweets fast but nothing seemed worthy of that initial tweet's hype. Clickbait in other words (not by the OP here but ProPublica).

[DrToast]

11. Agree...definitely not mind-blowing.

[ffr]

10. 'I wish he would shut the heck up': Republicans sour on Giuliani

Republicans had enough headaches to deal with this week. Then Hurricane Rudy blew into town. - Politico

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Giuliani named Associate AG during the Reagan Administration

and 1983 U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Convicted Boesky and Milken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani

"Giuliani's critics claimed that he arranged for people to be arrested, then dropped charges for lack of evidence on high-profile cases rather than going to trial. In a few cases, his arrests of alleged white-collar criminals at their workplaces with charges later dropped or lessened, sparked controversy, and damaged the reputations of the alleged "perps".[38] He claimed veteran stock trader Richard Wigton, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., was guilty of insider trading; in February 1987 he had officers handcuff Wigton and march him through the company's trading floor, with Wigton in tears.[39] Giuliani had his agents arrest Tim Tabor, a young arbitrageur and former colleague of Wigton, so late that he had to stay overnight in jail before posting bond.[39][40]

Within three months, charges were dropped against both Wigton and Tabor; Giuliani said, "We're not going to go to trial. We're just the tip of the iceberg", but no further charges were forthcoming and the investigation did not end until Giuliani's successor was in place.[40] Giuliani's high-profile raid of the Princeton/Newport firm ended with the defendants having their cases overturned on appeal on the grounds that what they had been convicted of were not crimes.[41]"

Giuliani convicted several high profile mobsters in NYC, then ran for mayor.

Sounds like every time he reached a career ceiling, he switched parties or sides. Rudy's a climber. Just like Trump.

[BHDem53]

13. Red Square rudy doing his duty.

[marble falls]

14. Gre-e-e-at stuff. Thanks for printing it out of an old geezer like me!!!

[orangecrush]

15. KICK

For visibility

[Hortensis]

16. It would be strange if Russia didn't have something big on him.

Seriously. He's too dirty, we know extremely ruthlessly so, and it'd be too easy. It'd explain his sudden, bizarre "personality change," the one a bunch of high-level people have undergone. Something in the air.

Thanks for the heads-up, Julian.

[SergeStorms]

17. So Rudy is a mobbed-up piece of crap....

and he's Trump's consigliere. It's difficult to differentiate which one is worse than the other, although Rudy is a cousin fucker. Of course we don't know the extent of Trump's "relationship" with Ivanka, either. They're both pond scum, and deserve nice long prison sentences for lives devoted to crime and dishonesty.

[PJMcK]

18. Great post! I have a Twitter question for you

Hey, Julian! Thanks for sharing this tweets. Giuliani is going to be in big trouble, I think. It couldn't happen to a better man. As a New Yorker, I lived through 8 years of his reign of terror.

My question is why do the tweets always show up a couple of times in differing formats? It makes it difficult to follow the cogency of the thread.

Thanks for your explanation.

[Jopin Klobe]

19. I'm not here in my capacity as a private lawyer for President Trump. I'm here as a private citizen.

... you God damned fool ...

... the private lawyer for the President IS a private citizen ...

... you got your law degree for tRump U., right? ...

[Julian Englis]

20. As a NYU law alum

He is an embarrassment