By | CNN | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was all over TV this weekend, making the case that his client, President Donald Trump, is the victim of out-of-control prosecutors and a crazed and biased media.
By Emma Loop | BuzzFeed | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
Rudy Giuliani confirmed BuzzFeed News reports that negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow continued during the 2016 election — but denied that the president told Michael Cohen to lie about it. View Entire Post ›
By Seung Min Kim | WashPost | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
In a statement, the president’s personal lawyer says his remarks on “Meet the Press” on Sunday were “hypothetical” and not based on talks with Trump.
By Tamar Auber | Mediaite | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
On Monday, George Conway — the husband of Kellyanne Conway and frequent Trump critic — offered his own translation of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani ‘s latest statement on the Trump Tower Moscow discussions. According to Conway, Giuliani’s statement meant simply this: “I just made s**t up.” Translation: “I just made s**t up.” https://t.co/wpAeC4vRBJ — George Conway (@gtconway3d) January...
By qforgey@politico.com (Quint Forgey) | Politico | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
Rudy Giuliani on Monday walked back statements he made this weekend concerning potential conversations between then-candidate Donald Trump and Michael Cohen about plans to construct a Trump Tower in Moscow ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and current attorney for the president, said during an interview Sunday on NBC that discussions between Trump and his...
By Justin Wise | The Hill | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
George Conway, the husband of White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway, on Monday accused attorney Rudy Giuliani of making "shit up" after Giuliani walked back previous statements he made about talks to build a Trump Tower...
By | Reuters | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani backtracked on Monday from earlier comments that Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, saying his statements "were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the President."
By Gary Abernathy | WashPost | 3 weeks 5 days ago | Politics
Other media outlets' use of the caveat 'if true' did not justify the runaway train that ensued.
By John Roberts | FOX News | 3 weeks 6 days ago | Politics
President Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told Fox News on Monday that his team communicated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office about last week's BuzzFeed News article alleging that Trump ordered his onetime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress -- and agreed much of it was false.
By Andrew Kragie | The Atlantic | 3 weeks 6 days ago | Politics
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who’s representing President Donald Trump for free, is keeping up his public-relations war on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. In a pair of appearances on Sunday-morning talk shows, he stuck to the playbook: Attack Mueller’s credibility, and insist that all of Trump’s statements and actions were legal. Giuliani admits a fair amount but always...
By | HuffPost | 3 weeks 6 days ago | Politics
"We have a president of the United States who lies .... serially, routinely, compulsively such as never has happened in our modern history," he said.
By Glenn Greenwald | The Intercept | 3 weeks 6 days ago | Politics
Buzzfeed was once notorious for traffic-generating “listicles” , but has since become an impressive outlet for deep investigative journalism under editor-in-chief Ben Smith. That outlet was prominently in the news this week thanks to its “bombshell” story about President Trump and Michael Cohen: a story that, like so many others of its kind, blew up in its face , this time when the typically mute...
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