{"id":37879,"date":"2018-05-12T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37879"},"modified":"2018-05-12T13:39:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T20:39:24","slug":"giulianis-mouth-erupts-again-says-trump-lied-about-not-interfering-with-att-timewarner-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37879","title":{"rendered":"Giuliani’s Mouth Erupts Again, Says Trump Lied About Not Interfering with AT&T\/TimeWarner Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

It really says something when your brand new attorney can’t stop making incriminating statements about you. Rudy Giuliani recently made the news when he publicly announced<\/a><\/strong> to the world that Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 hush money payout to Stormy Daniels. That was something that Trump had been denying for months.<\/p>\n

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Following that gargantuan gaffe, Giuliani went on a whirlwind tour of the media with clarifications that only made matters worse. If we didn’t know better, we’d think that he’s working for Robert Mueller and giving the special counsel more evidence of Trump’s guilt. What else could explain his relentless trashing of his own client?<\/p>\n

Well, he’s done it again. On Friday Giuliani gave an interview<\/a><\/strong> to the Huffington Post wherein he sought to defend Trump from allegations arising out of Cohen’s suspicious financial dealings with a variety of corporations that have obvious interests in Trump’s decision making. Cohen took in millions from the likes of Novartis, Korean Aerospace, AT&T, and even a Russian oligarch connected to Vladimir Putin. All of these funds were funneled through the same account Cohen used to payoff Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n

The AT&T payola holds special significance to Trump considering their still pending merger with TimeWarner (parent of CNN). Trump’s Justice Department is currently suing to block the deal. So any involvement by Trump would violate both legal ethics and his statement that he would not interfere. Giuliani’s latest verbal misfire was launched while attempting to clear Trump of the perception that he was being influenced by Cohen and the money received from AT&T. Giuliani said that:<\/p>\n

“Whatever lobbying was done didn\u2019t reach the president. He did drain the swamp … The president denied the merger. They didn\u2019t get the result they wanted.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK then. So Giuliani is now contradicting Trump’s assertion that he wouldn’t get involved. Giuliani is explicitly saying that Trump did step in to deny the merger. In effect, Giuliani is calling the President a liar. And as if to confirm Giuliani’s assessment of Trump as less than honest, Trump himself joined in with a tweet saying:<\/p>\n

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Why doesn\u2019t the Fake News Media state that the Trump Administration\u2019s Anti-Trust Division has been, and is, opposed to the AT&T purchase of Time Warner in a currently ongoing Trial. Such a disgrace in reporting!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n