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© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Giuliani: 'Over my dead body' will Mueller interview Trump
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jcapan
It's astonishing how low this guy has sunk. He was a national hero post 9-11. Now he's a disgrace.
Yubaru
IMHO the sooner Trump is gone the better!
GW
Haha how many of those are you hiding there Rudy!!??!!???
Jimizo
Trump is a pathological liar and limited intellectually.
Guiliani knows this.
inkochi
It gets better and better!
Rudy should check for buses lining up outside the site of any Trump interview by Mueller.
Trump's lawyers don't do well when they are near buses.
Strangerland
I agree. No smart lawyer would let Trump be questioned if they can stop it.
Chip Star
Hahaha! If the person being interviewed isn't a compulsive liar trying to hide something, there is no need to worry about perjury. It's funny hearing conservatibes scream at the top of their lungs anything they think will help defend Trump.
What's it like to not have any integrity?
sf2k
Of a $25 million investigation, it has netted over $48 million, so it's actually made money. Multiple people in jail. More to come as well. Oh, so many more
Corrupt cop? Mueller? Utterly unjustified slander. I suppose that's all the Trumpkins have left
Chip Star
You were one of the conservatives assuring us Giuliani would have Mueller sorted in a manner of months. That, like your baseless accusations against Mueller, was just pure speculation. That, like your baseless accusations against Mueller, was driven by your knee-jerk hyperpartisanship, which disallows you from engaging in a conversation in any meaningful way.
What's it like to give up any capacity for critical thinking simply to support a politic position or politician?
OssanAmerica
I can't believe I use to like this man. Talk about selling your soul.
progressive
another user said:
in this analogy, trump is the suspect and mueller is the police officer.
plasticmonkey
Except that Cohen's testimony is now corroborated by American Media Inc. who have admitted that their "catch and kill" payment was to help Trump's election chances.
And yet Cult 45ers continue to believe that their Lord and Savior is a truth teller and wise man.
Pukey2
I don't know who's more unhinged, the man-child or goon face! Having Giuliani as your lawyer or spokesperson is like the kiss of death!
ClippetyClop
Dodgy charities, scam universities, ties to murderous regimes and corrupt governments, Trump just oozes criminality. He can’t even have sex without breaking a law or two.
PTownsend
with support from Trump's Russian friends https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/?utm_term=.9d756f7d6a10
and the remaining bits of the US system of democracy.
Indeed, it's become a war between Trumpistan, backed by the .01% 'elite' (in the US and abroad), oil and gas industries, big war industries, their banking backers, and the US.
SuperLib
Everyone already knew Trump would never talk to Mueller. He's too stupid to keep his story straight.
Some of his fans said he would talk a while back, but they were duped.
sf2k
all his lawyers left him because they knew he would purger himself in 2 seconds and he can't take any word of advice. What Giuliani is doing is basically obstruction of justice
Chip Star
Keep flailing around grasping at straws if it makes you feel better.
ulysses
Look outside your window, there's no war. All we have is a corrupt and morally bankrupt President trying to hoodwink his gullible base with his daily spout of lies. The day the right wing haters realize it, the war in their minds will stop.
Very few people loved him before, and the only ones who love him are the ones who see a non-existent race war.
The right wing haters have fallen so low, that you need to stoop to talk to them.
Thats rich coming from the bleeding hearts haters.
Donny boy seems to have chosen Russia.
ROFL, when the blind followers of the Pied Piper of Paranoia use the word 'rational', its like Saturday Night comedy.
Moderator
Readers, please stop bickering.
CrazyJoe
Giuliani: "disgusted by the tactics used by Mueller in his probe into Russian election interference"
You mean like "not leaking", "obtaining dozens of indictments", "getting multiple guilty pleas", "not losing a single case they have brought to trial", "making a sincere effort to find the truth" . . .
Those tactics, Mr. Giuliani?
SimondB
Not shown in this report but Giuliani also said they would trick Trump into lying. There would be no need to trick him. If you want to catch him out lying just let him talk for 30 seconds or so.
ulysses
And how old is Giuliani ?
His mental faculties, as well as that of the man he is defending' are visibly on decline. He should step down and save himself any further embarrassment.
This, and then
This man was once a decent lawyer and now he's reduced to these deranged rants.
Proves how toxic Trump is!!!!
Chip Star
Back in April when Crazy Rudy joined Trump's team, conservatives assured us that Rudy would have Mueller dealt with in a manner of months. So much for that prediction. HAR! ROFL! Smh. Oh my . . .
lincolnman
Yes, Faux News was rooting for her all the way....
You know, all those swamp Politicians (and their cronies) like Manafort, Gates, Flynn, Papadapolous, Zinke, Pruitt, Cohen, the "Mooch", Omarossa, Bannon, Price, whew, I could keep going....
Just lots of Russian cash....
Well, here we go with dogs again...Trump and his supporters just can't help themselves....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/politics/trump-omarosa-dog.html
You know, like that humiliating defeat when he got Mexico to pay for the wall....
Should read Trump/Putin vs Amercia....
You know, all those poor folks that no longer have a job because of his tariffs and no health insurance because of his legal challenges...
Yep, little as in there's very little chance he won't get sent to jail....along with Don Jr and Jared....and given recent news maybe Ivanka...
smithinjapan
Maybe he'll get his wish earlier than we think. I mean, the guy has to stop and take in large breaths mid-lie, during which his eyes seem about to shoot out of their sockets, and he turns red and gets all flustered and upset when you post him saying the opposite in the past of what he just said.
In any case, he's only proven with his comments yet again how much of a coward Trump is. Giuliani should have just said, "Over my dead body! You have as much chance of him sitting down with an interview as you had of him going off to fight in Vietnam."
Toasted Heretic
Many, many posters here have backed up the growing evidence against America's shame, this corrupt and criminal President. They have done so on an almost daily basis.
But everyone else is wrong, right? Everyone else is telling porkies and besides... the liberals are to blame, all Trump's victims are liars etc...
Can't help you there, not being a liberal, but do you think that calling 9/11 collateral damage, wanting your own coastal cities nuked and laughing at children being locked up is rational and acceptable?
Giuliani doesn't want Trump interviewed because he's afraid the truth will out.
Goodlucktoyou
Trump will blame him and he will be sharing a cell with Cohen.
Chip Star
Hahahahaha! When you have zero substance, make up a conspiracy theory.
Toasted Heretic
RIP then, Rudy?
Nobody cares if he sleeps around. It's the lying about it, the misuse of funds, the bragging about assaulting women, the obstructing justice, the nepotism, welching on deals, the supporting dictatorships and arming terrorist states... to name just a few things that might be cause for concern.
A terrible human being.
Simon Foston
BlacklabelToday 09:13 pm JST
Why, is that what you would like to think?
mtuffizi
he mentioned "disgust", should look at himself in the mirror first.
wtfjapan
"They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE!"
another BS twitter lie from Pinocchio in Chief, seriously this moron has no morals.
theeastisred
Trump went on record saying he would happily do a face-to-face interview with the Mueller team. What happened to that?
As for business acumen, his father seems to have had some while also being a crook. President Swamp inherited the crookedness but none of the business acumen. Every venture failed and had to be bailed out by Friedrich. As we now know from the unchallenged and incredibly detailed NYT article on the sources of Swamp's "wealth".
Strangerland
Trump, an elite, is willing to fight for those who the elites deplore. So which is it, is he fighting for them, or does he deplore them?
And whom exactly are these elites you are referring to?
bones
FOOLiani needs to be locked up in an institution for the criminally insane!
He and trump have no concept of reality or morals!
Chip Star
Mueller doesn't need an interview, he has subpoena power. It would be fought to the Supreme Court, but if Mueller issued it, you can be guaranteed he has convincing evidence to support it.
Even assuming Mueller is corrupt, which he obviously is not, he was still smart enough to fool all his fellow Republicans/conservatives for a long time. This means he's smart enough to know he's dealing with a president and conservative Supreme Court.
Mueller irrefutably understands the level on which he is operating. As many untethered conspiracy theories as you want to push and no matter how hard you disparage him, that does not change.
Ah_so
When the President of the United States, the world's most powerful man, it's compared to David, the biblical underdog, you know you've heard it all.
If you were going to use this biblical myth, Trump is Goliath - the giant fighter, who is eventually taken out by a small stone from one weaker and less powerful than himself.
Toasted Heretic
Donald and Rudy clearly remember the road to authoritarianism:
1) degrade free media;
2) neuter civil society;
3) undermine rule of law;
And do all this "for the people".
Toasted Heretic
Normally with Trump lawyers, it takes about a decade or so. Rudy is something else!
I can't take all this winning and hiring of terrific people...
lostrune2
Trump On Mueller Interview: "I Would Do It Under Oath"
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/24/trump_on_mueller_interview_i_would_do_it_under_oath.html
u_s__reamer
''Over my dead body, but, you know, I could be dead."
Too true! For me 9-11 was the last straw when the last shred of decency left in the man was extinguished along with the lives of so many firemen whom he dispatched with faulty radio devices and ordered them into the towering inferno on a kamikaze mission. Then with the help of a corrupted fourth estate's fake news he deftly covered up the botched operation that had cost so many brave firemen their lives by declaring them "heroes" and anointing himself the "heroic" mayor. This is who Giuliani really is, a veritable Nosferatu who has emerged from the bottom of Trumpinocchio's rotten barrel of dirty deeds. America deserves better than this and Robert Mueller is now coming to the rescue of the republic as the true hero who put out the fire storm engulfing Washington that started in New York's Trump Tower.
Goodlucktoyou
@Simond. It is physically impossible to catch trump lieing because he always talks in front of a roaring helicopter, so he just needs to say you can’t say I said that because the noice.
lincolnman
Rudy Giuilani has fully morphed from able NYC Mayor to Saul Goodman...
He's even using crime family language...
But he won't be able to protect "Individual -1's" crime family...
Trump-word is going down, just like John Gotti...
Peter14
Call the Funeral parlor. One ex New York Mayor is about to expire. Trump will eventually be interviewed.
Spidey
Today on As The Trump World Turns...
Season 2 - Episode 694 - "Over My Dead Body"
In this episode lawyer Giuliani and Prez Trump stage a fake accident in order to fool special counsel Mueller in to thinking that Trump has met his demize thereby eliminating any need for further investigations. Little do they know that Mueller and his team are aware of their imbecilic treachery. Team Mueller catches them red handed and snds Prez Trump into a tirade of epic porportions.
Stay tuned...
S
gokai_wo_maneku
I guess Rudy knows something. Something not good. Something really really bad.
Chip Star
Har! Nothing of substance, but I just have to comment. Oh my . . .
Spidey
Once this "bait and switch" of a con job (presidency) has run its full course, Trump will only have one word in his mind... "pigeons" ... or maybe six words (if that's possible) "There's a sucker born every minute."
S
wtfjapan
Looking forward to the Dems self defeating impeachment hearings next year. Should be entertaining.
nobody is expecting Trump to be impeeched, since its highly unlikely theyd get the 2/3 majoirty in the senate. what is expected is that all Trumps dirty secrets will be exposed to the public with Muellers report, well let the voters decide come 2020.
ulysses
Dont lose heart, there are plenty of rats left in the Trump sewer, I am sure they will try to put up a fight.
His Russian friends will be more than happy to step in, I am sure.
For the first time in history we have a President who was elected by Russia.
Simon Foston
bass4funkDec. 17 03:18 pm JST
By keeping Trump away from any interviews with him. Yes, that's some pretty hard-core lawyering. Running and hiding is indeed the best way to defeat weaselly antics and wicked ways.
Strangerland
What are you talking about? He had everything to gain. With the presidency, he leads the nation with the strongest economy on the planet. By not relinquishing power over his companies, he has been able to manipulate the economy to his benefit, as well as set up deals that help his company specifically. He has spent his presidency removing legislation that limited profits for his companies. The idea that he had nothing to gain by becoming president is as ridiculous as any ever.
lostrune2
^ People still believe Trump's words, don't they? People will forgive anything as long as that someone is their means to an end
Toasted Heretic
And hopefully this will set a precedent, so future leaders of the country will no longer be able to operate on such a vast criminal level and court dictators with such aplomb.
Toasted Heretic
It's orange, it's volatile and could go off at any moment.
bass4funk
And that’s pretty much it.
Toasted Heretic
Default answer.
Serrano
"And hopefully this will set a precedent"
It's gonna set an example of how not to conduct a witch hunt.
arrestpaul
LOL. Comey is a proven liar who as head of the FBI deliberately leaked information of ongoing federal investigations. His FBI agents conspired to undermine the Presidential campaign. Comey should be in prison. Only a true Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer would believe anything that liar had to say.
Serrano
Mueller is setting up Trump to be the most thoroughly vetted incumbent in U.S. presidential history.
bass4funk
Yeah, but he totally skipped the previous eight years, looked the other way so I’m not holding my breath, political hack these corrupt cops.
bass4funk
I think spot on. Mueller, don’t walk past that rock.
Concerned Citizen
Make no mistake, this is a war for power and political and cultural influence. It's not about how bad Trump is personally, Russian influence or what's good for the country. Trumps enemies don't give a damn about that. If this was really about criminal behavior then no one in Washington would be immune, least of all the Clintons.
They used to love him when he aligned himself with Democrats and Hollywood types. The minute he switched to the conservative side he suddenly became a criminal traitor in their eyes. And his worst sin is to have roadblocked their liberal agenda and stripped them of their corrupt power by winning over the working class and defeating their girl Hillary Clinton.
Elite liberal progressives hate the conservative agenda with such rage that they will stoop to the lowest of the low to derail anyone who gets in their way with bogus allegations like this Russian collusion lie. Around 2 years and still not a shred of proof. Pathetic!
Many Demotratic elites care absolutely nothing for the poor. Their policies have absolutely wrecked many of the cities they control. Republican controlled cities/states generally prosper.
So choose America....
Common sense economic, security and social policies that made your country great in the first place via Trump with all his flaws
Globalism, failed economic and chaotic security and social policies that will drive the country further into ruinBlacklabel
This is all they have?
Concerned Citizen
President Trump put his hand up for election with no other motive other than using his business acumen to help the working man prosper after being shafted by a succession of swamp politicians. He had nothing to gain and everything to lose. Now, in spite of the country prospering under his administration, his vicious enemies will stop at nothing to bring him down. "How dare he usurp our authority!" My, how the hit dogs are howling.
I hope that the president continues to fight the swamp creatures on behalf of the working class and hands them more humiliating defeats.
Serrano
In that interview you can tell Wallace still stings from Hillary's loss.
bass4funk
Yes.
SNL joke?
No, I said, that now Trump has someone pound for pound an attorney that can match the weasely antics of Mueller and all of his wicked ways.
Unlike your baseless accusation of the president without any substantial merit whatsoever, no charges have been brought, no arrest, no incarceration....come on...
Unlike your baseless accusations against Trump, was driven by your knee-jerk hyperpartisanship, which disallows you from engaging in a conversation in any meaningful way.
I don’t know, I’m still waiting for A liberal to give me a rational and acceptable argument without the emotion. It does help....really.
Concerned Citizen
I think it will be tough for President Trump to survive the sheer might of the Washington swamp/media cartel. If he does it will be a victory of David vs Goliath proportions.
But I sure admire him for being willing to get in there and fight for the 'deplorables', the flyover country citizens whom the elites deplore.
I hope he leaves them with egg on their faces. May he and the little guys win!
Concerned Citizen
This is a fight to the death between President Trump (government for and by the people) and the Washington swamp (government for special interest and liberal elites).
Give 'em hell Rudy.
Wolfpack
Perjury trap. Mueller already trying to imprison Trump for his sex life. Looking forward to the Dems self defeating impeachment hearings next year. Should be entertaining.
bass4funk
Love Giuliani, that’s what a good lawyer does in the eyes of injustice. If Mueller wants the President, he should get a subpoena, other than that, I wouldn’t let him anywhere near the corrupt cop.