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steve2470

(37,468 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 11:36 PM Feb 2020

Trump contradicts past denials, admits sending Giuliani to Ukraine

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Source: CNN

Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents, even though he strongly denied it during the impeachment inquiry.

The reversal came Thursday in a podcast interview Trump did with journalist Geraldo Rivera, who asked, "Was it strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine, your personal lawyer? Are you sorry you did that?" Trump responded, "No, not at all," and praised Giuliani's role as a "crime fighter."

"Here's my choice: I deal with the Comeys of the world, or I deal with Rudy," Trump said, referring to former FBI Director James Comey. Trump explained that he has "a very bad taste" of the US intelligence community, because of the Russia investigation, so he turned to Giuliani.

"So when you tell me, why did I use Rudy, and one of the things about Rudy, number one, he was the best prosecutor, you know, one of the best prosecutors, and the best mayor," Trump said. "But also, other presidents had them. FDR had a lawyer who was practically, you know, was totally involved with government. Eisenhower had a lawyer. They all had lawyers."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/politics/trump-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-interview/index.html



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Trump contradicts past denials, admits sending Giuliani to Ukraine (Original Post) steve2470 Feb 2020 OP
Sweet fucking christ, is this where we're at? ramen Feb 2020 #1
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ramen

(862 posts)
1. Sweet fucking christ, is this where we're at?
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 11:37 PM
Feb 2020

What stage of the narcissist's prayer is it when you just admit you are an evil bag of garbage in an evil garbage truck atop an evil barge of garbage trucks?

Omaha Steve

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2. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 11:40 PM
Feb 2020
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