2020 ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jenna Ellis, a Trump campaign attorney who worked with Rudy Giuliani to press state legislatures to overturn the 2020 election results, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge that she participated in an effort to make false statements to Georgia lawmakers about election fraud. Ellis is the third Trump-aligned attorney in recent […]
Category: Rudy Giuliani
8/24/2023
GEORGIA/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/TWITTER: “The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has released the mug shot of former President Donald Trump that was taken shortly after he turned himself in to authorities in Georgia Thursday evening following his election interference indictment. Trump is the first former U.S. president to have his mug shot taken… The eleven other defendants who […]
8/16/2023
2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former President Donald J. Trump has 10 days to turn himself in to face accusations that he and 18 other people orchestrated a ‘criminal enterprise’ to reverse the results of the 2020 election in Georgia and subvert the will of voters — sweeping charges by a local prosecutor that invoked a […]
8/15/2023
2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI: “Former President Donald Trump was indicted Monday on racketeering, conspiracy and other charges by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, the result of a more than two-year investigation by District Attorney Fani Willis into potential 2020 election interference in that state. Eighteen other people, including Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and […]
5/16/2023
PARDONS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new lawsuit from a woman who says she worked for Rudy Giuliani during Donald Trump’s presidency contains a series of shocking claims, chief among them sexual assault and harassment by Trump’s then-personal lawyer, which Giuliani has denied. But Noelle Dunphy’s civil complaint, filed Monday in New York state court, also contains […]
1/24/2023
2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA/RUDY GIULIANI: “Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested Tuesday that the special grand jury investigating Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to upend the 2020 election in Georgia has recommended multiple indictments and said that her decision on whether to bring charges is ‘imminent.’” […] The special grand jury, barred from issuing indictments, […]
10/31/2022
2020 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE/RUDY GIULIANI: “A post-election meeting at which advisers led by Rudy Giuliani attacked campaign lawyers and urged Donald Trump not to accept his election defeat was ‘a new low’ for a president ‘well acquainted with rough-and-tumble debates’, Mike Pence writes in a forthcoming memoir… By openly blaming Trump for events leading to the […]
7/5/2022
GEORGIA/LINDSEY GRAHAM/RUDY GIULIANA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Seven advisers and allies of Donald J. Trump, including Rudolph W. Giuliani and Senator Lindsey Graham, were subpoenaed on Tuesday [July 5, 2022] in the ongoing criminal investigation in Georgia of election interference by Mr. Trump and his associates. The move was the latest sign that the inquiry has entangled a […]
6/14/2022
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani denied Tuesday [June 14, 2022] that he was drunk when he urged former President Donald Trump to declare victory on election night as votes were still being counted, and said he was ‘disgusted’ by a Trump aide who’d testified otherwise before the Jan. 6 committee. ‘I REFUSED all alcohol […]
6/13/2022
2020 ELECTION/INVESTIGATIONS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A drunken Rudy Giuliani advised then-President Donald Trump to declare victory on election night 2020 despite the fact that Fox News had called Arizona for Joe Biden and votes had yet to be fully counted in other battleground states, former advisers to the president told the Jan. 6 select committee… On […]
5/24/2022
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI: “Donald Trump’s onetime attorney Rudy Giuliani testified to the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack at length on Friday but declined to discuss the involvement of congressional Republicans in efforts to overturn the 2020 election result, according to sources familiar with the matter. The move by Giuliani to refuse […]
1/18/2022
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas Tuesday to Rudy Giuliani and other members of Donald Trump’s legal team who filed bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election that fueled the lie that race had been stolen from the former president. The committee is continuing to widen its […]
7/11/2021
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “But Rudy Giuliani… He is by far the greatest mayor of the city… But one of the great crime fighters of his generation has had his law license taken away by the radical left, all because he was fighting against an election result that he saw was corrupt. That means you can […]
7/2/2021
2020 ELECTION/ARIZONA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “New records obtained by The Arizona Republic reveal the behind-the scenes efforts by Trump, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, and state GOP Chair Kelli Ward to pressure the county supervisors, who make up the elected body that oversees elections in the state’s most populous county. Text messages and voicemails make clear that […]
6/25/2021
2024 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI: “I’ll be making an announcement [about running for President in 2024] in the not too distant future. Right now, I’m helping a lot of people get into office, and we’re fighting the deep state, and we’re fighting radical left. They’re after me. They’re after Rudy… They’re after anybody. They’re vicious. They’re vicious, […]
6/25/2021
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Giuliani has been a hard-line Trump supporter since his presidential campaign in 2016. But the former New York mayor was catapulted into the spotlight in 2018 when he took over as Trump’s main defense attorney… On Thursday [June 24, 2021], a New York court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in the […]
5/27/2021
CIVIL UNREST/LAWSUITS/RUDY GIULIANI: “Former President Donald Trump and his onetime personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to incite the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol. The lawsuit, brought by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and 10 other House Democrats, accuses the defendants of violating […]
5/17/2021
INVESTIGATIONS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani cited communications he would have had with then-President Donald Trump in a letter to a judge attacking the legitimacy of a 2019 federal search warrant for an iCloud account belonging to the former New York City mayor… In 2019, Giuliani and other allies of Trump had sought damaging […]
4/29/2021
FBI/RUDY GIULIANI: “Former President Donald Trump on Thursday [Apr. 29, 2021] denounced the raids by federal investigators on the Manhattan home and office of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, defending the former New York mayor as the victim of a politically biased Justice Department. ‘Rudy Giuliani is a great patriot. He does these things — […]
4/28/2021
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE: “Federal investigators in Manhattan executed search warrants early Wednesday at the home and office of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who became President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the investigation said… The […]
3/16/2021
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/VLADIMIR PUTIN: “President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia authorized extensive efforts to hurt the candidacy of Joseph R. Biden Jr. during the election last year, including by mounting covert operations to influence people close to President Donald J. Trump, according to a declassified intelligence report released on Tuesday [Mar. 16, 2021]. […]
1/18/2021
IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, will not be taking part in the president’s defense in the Senate trial for his second impeachment… He told ABC News on Sunday [Jan. 17, 2021] that he would not be part of the defense, noting that he is a potential witness since he gave […]
12/22/2020
INVESTIGATIONS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday lashed out against federal prosecutors investigating him, suggesting they are acting as ‘secret police’ and serving the political interests of President-elect Joe Biden… Giuliani’s Twitter rant against the Department of Justice came a day after NBC News reported that federal prosecutors in New […]
12/20/2020
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/VOTER FRAUD: “And as you know, Rudy and his team, and myself, and a lot of other people, and frankly, millions of people all over the country, we have uncovered a voter fraud, the greatest voter fraud in history. It’s the most corrupt election this country has ever had by far… Now we […]
12/20/2020
2020 ELECTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP CAMPAIGN: “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., President Trump’s campaign committee, today filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the US. Supreme Court to reverse a trio of Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases which illegally changed Pennsylvania’s mail balloting law immediately before and after the 2020 presidential election in violation of Article […]
12/10/2020
2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “Voter Fraud! RT @stinchfield1776 I examined the GA video of those mysterious ballots. Watch the woman in purple. She appears to feed the same ballots through twice!!! It appears she does this three times! There is nothing ‘normal’ about this!!! More at 8ET @newsmax @RudyGiuliani @JennaEllisEsq @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/i/status/1334962273861951491″ [Editor’s […]
12/9/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has revealed in a call to his own radio show that he is being treated for coronavirus with the same drug cocktail his boss received when he was ill with Covid-19… Mr Giuliani, 76, told the show he expects to leave hospital on Wednesday [Dec. […]
12/9/2020
COVID-19/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: Rudolph W. Giuliani, the latest member of President Trump’s inner circle to contract Covid-19, has acknowledged that he received at least two of the same drugs the president received. He even conceded that his ‘celebrity’ status had given him access to care that others did not have. ‘If it wasn’t me, I […]
12/6/2020
2020 ELECTION/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/CORRUPTION/COVID-19/NEW YORK/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/1/2020
2020 ELECTION/DOJ/RUDY GIULIANI/WILLIAM BARR: “With all due respect to the Attorney General [Bill Barr], there hasn’t been any semblance of a Department of Justice investigation. We have gathered ample evidence of illegal voting in at least six states, which they have not examined. We have many witnesses swearing under oath they saw crimes being committed […]
11/27/2020
MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI: “Rudy Giuliani will be on Greg Kelly Reports. 7:15 P.M. @newsmax“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 27, 2020 1:13 pm […]
11/25/2020
MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI: “Rudy Giuliani is right now on @OANN!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 25, 2020 7:51 am […]
11/20/2020
2020 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Giuliani: The Case for Election Fraud Being Made By Americans https://breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/11/19/rudy-giuliani-the-case-for-election-fraud-being-made-by-american-patriots-in-both-parties/ via @BreitbartNews“ [Editor’s Note: Twitter included the following notification at the bottom of the tweet: “This claim about election fraud is disputed.”] ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 20, 2020 2:53 am […]
11/19/2020
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI: “Speaking at a press conference, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani reiterated many conspiracy theories regarding alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election that he has cited before, before also quoting the movie My Cousin Vinny… At one point he referred to president-elect Joe Biden as a ‘crook’ and chastised the press […]
11/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy will be interviewed by @MariaBartiromo at 10:00 A.M. NOW! RT @realDonaldTrump I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other […]
11/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watch @RudyGiuliani interview on @MariaBartiromo this morning at 10:00. Doing a great job exposing the Rigged Election Hoax!“ [Editor’s Note: Twitter included the following notification at the bottom of the tweet: “This claim about election fraud is disputed.”] ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2020 2:04 am […]
11/14/2020
2020 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2020 4:11 pm […]
2020 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump has put his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in charge of his campaign lawsuits related to the outcome of the election, as well as all public communications related to them, four people familiar with the move said on Friday [Nov. 13, 2020]… Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Giuliani earlier […]
10/25/2020
JOE BIDEN/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA: [Norah O’Donnell: “Do you believe the recent leak of material allegedly from Hunter’s computer is part of a Russian disinformation campaign?”] “From what I’ve read and know the intelligence community warned the president that Giuliani was being fed disinformation from the Russians. And we also know that Putin is trying very hard […]
2/10/2020
ATTORNEY GENERAL/INVESTIGATIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUDY GUILIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William P. Barr said on Monday [2-10-20] that the Justice Department would consider information from Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, about Ukraine. That could include assertions about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter. The Justice Department ‘has the obligation to […]
12/16/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @RudyGiuliani: Budapest | Kiev | Vienna After hundreds of hours & months of research, I have garnered witnesses & documents which revea…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 16, 2019 9:45 am […]
12/16/2019
AMBASSADOR/IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday [12-16-19] that he provided President Trump with detailed information this year about how the United States ambassador to Ukraine was, in Mr. Giuliani’s view, impeding investigations that could benefit Mr. Trump, setting in motion the ambassador’s recall from her post. In an interview, Mr. Giuliani, […]
12/12/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RudyGiuliani: At a time when Congress is undertaking perhaps it’s most sacred duty, Democrats give Republicans a measly 2 hours to revi…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 12, 2019 9:04 am […]
12/5/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trump administration officials, seeking to weaken Democrats’ case for impeachment, disputed on Thursday [12-5-19] some of the details in the House Intelligence Committee’s report about calls between President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani and White House aides. As part of its portrait of Mr. Trump’s campaign of pressure on […]
12/4/2019
BUDGET/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-5-19] downplayed his personal attorney’s multiple phone conversations with someone in the Office of Management and Budget, dismissing records made public Tuesday [12-3-19] as ‘no big deal.’ Speaking with reporters during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump was asked about the series […]
11/19/2019
IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE: “As the impeachment inquiry has picked up speed in recent weeks, Americans have heard a lot about the ‘three amigos’ — a trio of Washington figures who worked with President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to carry out Mr. Trump’s plan for Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. Tuesday […]
11/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPoversight: • No first-hand knowledge. • Never spoke to President Trump. • Never spoke to Rudy Giuliani. • Never spoke to Mick Mulvan…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2019 4:03 pm […]
10/30/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE: “John Sullivan, the deputy secretary of state, said on Wednesday [10-30-19] that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was involved in a smear campaign to oust the ambassador to Ukraine, publicly confirming a key part of the saga behind the impeachment inquiry. Jumping into an impeachment fight that so […]
10/25/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-25-19] vigorously defended his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who is facing an expanding criminal probe and whose Ukraine activities are central to House Democrats’ impeachment investigation. Asked whether he was concerned about authorities’ growing scrutiny of the former New York mayor, Trump brushed off the […]
10/23/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who helped U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, investigate political rival Joe Biden pleaded not guilty on Wednesday [10-23-19] to illegally funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee and other politicians. Ukraine-born Lev Parnas and Belarus-born Igor Fruman entered their not guilty pleas […]
10/18/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats building a case for impeachment are working to prove that when it came to pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democrats, Rudy Giuliani was Donald Trump’s brain…After a week of depositions from key figures in the impeachment inquiry, Democrats are coalescing around a push to prove that Trump committed impeachable offenses at […]
10/14/2019
IMPEACHMENT/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump’s former top Russia aide Fiona Hill told House impeachment investigators on Monday [10-14-19] that she had at least two meetings with a National Security Council lawyer about Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to convince Ukrainian officials to investigate the president’s political rivals, according to a person who was in the […]
10/12/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So now they are after the legendary ‘crime buster’ and greatest Mayor in the history of NYC, Rudy Giuliani. He may seem a little rough around the edges sometimes, but he is also a great guy and wonderful lawyer. Such a one sided Witch Hunt going on in USA. Deep State. […]
9/29/2019
DEMS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘This is about proving that Donald Trump was framed by the Democrats.’ @RudyGiuliani https://t.co/GIadp3b0n3” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 29, 2019 9:41 pm […]
8/16/2019
RALLY/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RudyGiuliani: This is more than an hour before and it is as full as a playoff game for a rally for @realDonaldTrump. No one has ever go…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 7:33 am […]
8/16/2019
RALLY/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RudyGiuliani: #Trump2020 rally in Manchester, NH blows Biden and Dems away. https://t.co/nmZIhlfdzj” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 7:33 am […]
8/16/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RudyGiuliani: This is a tour de force which is equivalent to Reagan and Clinton but has much bigger audiences and he excites them much…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 7:32 am […]
7/9/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The reality is that this was a plot from the very beginning to frame Trump….’ @RudyGiuliani https://t.co/tMyNEPppm6” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2019 9:50 pm […]
5/22/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CONGRESS/DEMS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Bill Barr should resign over his conduct before Congress, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Wednesday [5-22-19], calling the attorney general a ‘personal attorney’ for President Donald Trump. The California Democrat said he hesitates to ‘call Bill Barr the Attorney General.’ ‘I think Bill Barr has all […]
5/11/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RealSaavedra: .@RudyGiuliani goes off on Republican @SenatorBurr for continuing to issue subpoenas after @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:14 am […]
5/11/2019
JAMES COMEY/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RudyGiuliani: The evidence is mounting that Comey deceived the FISA court concerning the Steele dossier. State did a quick verification…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:06 am […]
4/20/2019
MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Good night of television! 8:00 PM @WattersWorld 9:00 PM @JudgeJeanine with interview of @RudyGiuliani followed by Greg G. Honest commentary is always nice!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, 2019 6:34 pm […]
3/25/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Members of President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday [3-25-19] called Robert Mueller an ‘honest’ and ‘professional’ man — but also took shots at the special counsel’s probe — one day after Attorney General William Barr announced in a letter to Congress that the special counsel found no Russia […]
1/24/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] it was sad that his former personal attorney is trying to to delay his public testimony to Congress, calling it ‘so interesting’ that Michael Cohen’s legal counsel has strong ties to Trump’s 2016 opponent. Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to violations tied to his […]
1/22/2019
RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani has a growing list of enemies in the White House — which now includes his boss, President Donald Trump. Trump was apoplectic after a pair of weekend media interviews by his personal lawyer, in which Giuliani said that the president had been involved in discussions to build a […]
1/21/2019
2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/ RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani on Monday [1-21-19] 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 […]
1/20/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump was involved in discussions to build a skyscraper in Moscow throughout the entire 2016 presidential campaign, his personal lawyer said on Sunday [1-20-19], a longer and more significant role for Mr. Trump than he had previously acknowledged. The comments by his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani indicated that Mr. […]
1/17/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a stunning interview on CNN Wednesday [1-16-19] evening, President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said there may have been ‘collusion’ between members of the Trump campaign and Russia – but the president wasn’t involved. ‘I never said there was no collusion between the campaign. Or between people in […]
1/17/2019
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani backtracked on Thursday [1-17-19] from a surprising assertion he had made a night earlier that left open the possibility that Trump campaign aides might have coordinated with Russia in its election interference in 2016…Mr. Giuliani was seeking to clarify an interview […]
1/16/2019
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday [1-16-19] that he never denied President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign, only that the President himself was not involved in collusion. In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on ‘Cuomo Prime Time,’ Giuliani, a former New York mayor […]
1/17/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If you know anything about the White House’s reaction to the ongoing special counsel probe into Russia interference in the 2016 election, it’s these two words: ‘No collusion.’ Trump, as well as his top aides — everyone from senior counselor Kellyanne Conway to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders […]
12/19/2018
RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent in the effort to land a deal for a Trump property in Moscow, according to a document published Tuesday [12-18-18] by CNN, after Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied Sunday [12-16-18] that anyone had signed such a document. The agreement – dated Oct. 28, 2015, […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors are investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107 million it raised from donors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday [12-13-18], citing people it said were familiar with the matter. The early-stage investigation by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is examining […]
12/10/2018
AFRICA/HUMAN RIGHTS/LOBBYING/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a July evening, Trump administration officials and allies, including the president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, gathered with investors atop the Hay-Adams hotel overlooking the White House for a cocktail reception featuring a short presentation by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s special envoy to the United States. An invitation […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It has been incorrectly reported that Rudy Giuliani and others will not be doing a counter to the Mueller Report. That is Fake News. Already 87 pages done, but obviously cannot complete until we see the final Witch Hunt Report.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 8:39 am […]
12/5/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor and personal attorney to President Donald Trump, tweeted a minor typo Friday [11-30-18]– and by Tuesday [12-4-18], he knew there could only be one explanation: an anti-Trump conspiracy at the heart of Twitter. It began innocently enough, with Giuliani posting a tweet denouncing […]
12/5/2018
RUDY GIULIANI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A typographical error in a tweet written by one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers has linked to an anti-Trump prank. Rudy Giuliani wrote Tuesday that the social network had ‘allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message.’ But Giuliani had inadvertently created a hyperlink when he failed […]
11/28/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declined in a new interview to rule out the possibility that he could pardon Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman…The President’s comments come following special counsel Robert Mueller’s accusation that Manafort violated his plea agreement and lied to Mueller’s team after being found guilty on eight […]
11/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told the special counsel investigating possible collusion between his campaign and Russia that he was not aware ahead of time of a meeting in June 2016 between campaign officials and Russians, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Wednesday [11-26-18]. Trump’s response, in written […]
11/28/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told the special counsel investigating possible collusion between his campaign and Russia that he was not aware ahead of time of a meeting in June 2016 between campaign officials and Russians, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Wednesday [11-28-18]. Trump’s response, in written answers […]
11/27/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the president’s onetime campaign chairman, repeatedly briefed President Trump’s lawyers on his client’s discussions with federal investigators after Mr. Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, according to one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers and two other people familiar with the conversations. The […]
10/23/2018
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Under an unusual arrangement, Paul Manafort’s attorney has kept Donald Trump informed about the former campaign chairman’s meetings with prosecutors investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and, according to Trump’s lawyer, Manafort has not said anything damaging about the president. Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump […]
10/12/2018
MELANIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Melania Trump appeared to push back on claims made by her husband’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, when he said the first lady believes the President and knows that the alleged Stormy Daniels’ affair and payment was ‘untrue.’ The first lady’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement in response to Giuliani’s remarks, […]
10/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday [10-11-18]. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian […]
9/13/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The prospect of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort cutting a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office to avoid a second criminal trial set to open next week doesn’t concern President Donald Trump or his legal team, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told POLITICO…Giuliani said Trump and his […]
9/11/2018
9/11/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani did a GREAT job as Mayor of NYC during the period of September 11th. His leadership, bravery and skill must never be forgotten. Rudy is a TRUE WARRIOR!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2018 6:59 am […]
9/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants President Donald Trump to commit to a follow-up interview to written answers to questions in his probe of any coordination between Trump campaign members and Russia in the 2016 U.S. election, Rudy Giuliani, who is representing the president, said on Thursday [9-6-18]…Peter Carr, […]
9/7/2018
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he’s still open to sitting down ‘under certain circumstances’ with Robert Mueller despite venting about the number of witnesses that the special counsel has nailed for lying…The remarks were the latest in a months-long tussle between Trump’s legal team and Mueller — who is investigating […]
9/7/2018
MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] accused journalist Bob Woodward of using ‘made up’ quotes in his forthcoming book, insisting that the comments attributed to him in the book could not be accurate because ‘I don’t talk the way I am quoted’…Woodward’s book, which he has said was written using […]
9/6/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators’ questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president’s attorneys told The Associated Press on Thursday [9-6-18]. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said questions about […]
9/5/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said President Donald Trump’s lawyers have already responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest proposal to interview Trump, and suggested they could soon be coming to an agreement on writing some responses for investigators. Giuliani, one of the President’s attorneys, confirmed to Chris Cuomo Wednesday [9-5-18] on […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With two months left before the midterm elections, Republicans are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of oversight investigations that Democrats will likely launch if they retake the House in November. The White House is considering adding a whole roster of new attorneys to handle the caseload. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s […]
8/31/2018
ETHICS/FOREIGN POLICY/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It is bad enough that the President of the United States is breaking long-standing ethical standards in US government, but when President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, stepped into the contentious battle over corruption in another country, Romania, he embarrassed the United States by speaking out against clean government; he made […]
8/27/2018
LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The man identified these days as President Trump’s lawyer seems vaguely familiar. It’s in the way he feigns genuine laughter. How he clasps his hands. How he widens his eyes, as if he’s just been handed a birthday cake with a firecracker for a candle. He is, of course, Rudolph […]
8/23/2018
PARDONS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While Paul Manafort was on trial for charges of serious financial crimes, President Donald Trump asked his legal team about the prospect of pardoning his former campaign chairman, according to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer. But Trump ultimately agreed with his legal team to delay the decision […]
8/23/2018
LEGAL/PARDONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid a series of high-profile pardons and commutations by President Trump in recent months, his personal lawyers cautioned against even considering clemency for former aides under investigation by the special counsel until the inquiry was over, one of the lawyers, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said on Thursday [8-23-18]. Mr. Trump agreed […]
8/23/2018
CRIME/NEW YORK/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For much of the 1980s and 1990s, ‘the Dapper Don’ and ‘the Donald’ vied for supremacy on the front pages of New York’s tabloids. The don, John J. Gotti, died in a federal prison in 2002, while Donald J. Trump went on to be president of the United States. Now, […]
8/22/2018
PARDONS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani have talked about the potential political repercussions of pardoning former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, The New York Times reported Wednesday [8-22-18]. Giuliani told the Times that pardoning Manafort, who on Tuesday was found guilty on eight of 18 financial crimes, […]
8/21/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal charges against former Trump attorney Michael Cohen contain no allegation of wrongdoing against President Donald Trump and demonstrate a “pattern of lies and dishonesty” by Cohen over a long period, a counsel for the president said on Tuesday [8-21-18]. Cohen pleaded guilty earlier on Tuesday to campaign finance violations […]
8/21/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s 30 hours of conversations with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team have unnerved President Donald Trump, who didn’t know the full extent of McGahn’s discussions, two people familiar with his thinking said. The meetings only add complications to the already-fraught relationship between the President […]