Depends on what the meaning of the words “Trump Tower Moscow” is
by digby
.@GStephanopoulos: "Did Donald Trump know that Michael Cohen was pursuing the Trump Tower in Moscow into the summer of 2016?"
Rudy Giuliani: "According to the answer that he gave, it would have covered all the way up to… November of 2016." https://t.co/kEzanELn3I pic.twitter.com/kxSUAXFhtk— ABC News (@ABC) December 16, 2018
Rudy Giuliani claimed in an ABC interview that President Donald Trump knew that his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was working on the Trump Tower Moscow deal “all the way up to…November of 2016.” Cohen, who pleaded guilty to lying to Congress over his role in pushing for the Moscow project, told a federal judge that the discussions stopped in June 2016. The President’s personal lawyer, who also just said that President Trump would be interviewed in person by the Special Counsel’s Office “over his dead body,” made the statement during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on This Week ABC. Stephanopoulos asked Giuliani “Did Donald Trump know that Michael Cohen was pursuing the Trump Tower in Moscow into the summer of 2016?” Giuliani replied “according to the answer that he gave, it would have covered all the way up to… November of 2016” apparently in reference to Trump’s written answers to Robert Mueller’s questions about potential Russian collusion in the election.
Yeah, Rudy’s a tremendous lawyer.
Here’s some more of Rudy’s trainwreck of an appearance:
GIULIANI: "[Cohen] will say whatever he has to say. He has changed his story 4 or 5 times."
ABC: "So has the president."
GIULIANI: "The president is not under oath." pic.twitter.com/MBVkvoaSsE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2018
🚨 ABC: "Did Roger Stone give the president a heads up on WikiLeaks' leaks concerning Clinton & the DNC?"
GIULIANI: "No he didn't… uh, *I don't believe so*. But again, if he did, it's not a crime." 🚨 pic.twitter.com/nHd1uTtNCL— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2018
GIULIANI on hush payments: "The amount of $ is consistent w/harassment, not truth…when it's true & you have kind of money that the president has, it's a $1m settlement. When it's not true, you give $130k or $150k. They went away for so little $, it indicates their case is weak" pic.twitter.com/BmY8SoIri2— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2018
You can watch the whole thing here if you can stand it.
It’s very ironic that Trump now says Cohen was just a PR guy and a lousy lawyer. That might be true but if so, Giuliani proves that Trump is continuing the practice.
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