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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRudy Giuliani and Trumpworld Raged as 'Career Criminal Liar' Michael Cohen Spilled Secrets
It was former Trump fixer Michael Cohen's turn in the barrel on Wednesday.
Asawin Suebsaeng, Will Sommer
02.27.19 9:40 PM ET
As Michael Cohen, the presidents former fixer-turned-Trumpworld pariah, spent hours on Capitol Hill Wednesday recounting his old bosss penchant for corruption and deceit, Donald Trumps current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, took notes.
Sitting alone, watching live coverage of Cohens testimony on TV, the former New York City mayor dashed off insta-reactions to reporters via text. The messages were a form of real-time rapid response with a dash of character assassinationan attempt to diminish the man who was speaking before millions, threatening the president of the United States.
He is a career criminal liar, Giuliani wrote of Cohen at one point. He is demonstrably unable to tell the truth.
just pointed out the numerous articles saying he and his father-in-law were alleged to be associated with organized crime, Giuliani added, defending his salvos against Cohens family. Also they allege there were allegations about his wife. If there was a threat then [it was] not from President [Trump] or me but if true from organized crime.
Not that Cohen was kind to Giuliani. In his opening remarks to the House Oversight Committee, Cohen referred to Giuliani derisively as Trumps TV lawyer.
TV lawyer or not, Giuliani expressed shock at Cohens admission that he taped Trump several times when he was working as Trumps counsel.
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Rudy Giuliani and Trumpworld Raged as 'Career Criminal Liar' Michael Cohen Spilled Secrets (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2019
OP
He is defending a career criminal liar by labeling the accuser as a career criminal liar.
wasupaloopa
Feb 2019
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)1. All they ever do is project!
tanyev
(42,669 posts)2. Yes, and a good chunk of that career was spent lying on behalf of Donald Trump.
Which was the point of the hearing, Rudy.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)3. He is defending a career criminal liar by labeling the accuser as a career criminal liar.
klook
(12,174 posts)4. Well, he was honest enough to be deputy national finance chairman
of the Republican National Committee... not a very high bar, as it turns out.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)5. Why doesn't some industrious reporter
ask the Ghoul about Sammy the Bull and Gotti. He seemed more than happy with a serial killer rolling on his mob boss then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1290579.stm
He had earned the nickname The Teflon Don because law enforcement agencies had been unable to make charges stick.
But when Gravano gave evidence, Gotti's fate, and that of 36 other mafiosi was sealed.
In 1992, Gotti was jailed for life for murder and racketeering - a conviction which not only boosted the FBI but also the profile of District Attorney Rudolph Giuliani, who later became Mayor of New York.