Longtime Trump Lawyer Slams Giuliani As 'Polarizing Figure' Who Shouldn't Deal With Mueller
Longtime Trump Lawyer Slams Giuliani As Polarizing Figure Who Shouldnt Deal With Mueller
Giuliani may also be trying to aggrandize himself, Jay Goldberg said.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-trump-lawyer-giuliani-polarizing_us_5afc093de4b06a3fb50c3c8a
By Willa Frej
Jay Goldberg, the attorney who represented President Donald Trump for almost two decades, doesnt think Rudy Giuliani is fit to be handling the legal team tasked with handling special counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation. Not only is Giuliani not sufficiently experienced, Goldberg said, but he also may be in it for his own gain.
I think hes a polarizing figure, Goldberg said of the former New York City mayor on MSNBCs The Beat With Ari Melber on Tuesday. There are those people who think he was a wonderful prosecutor but he has no record managing a defense of someone whos accused of wrongdoing. I told him that I didnt think that Giuliani was the right person for him to select. I thought there were much better people that he could use in terms of negotiating with Mueller.
Giuliani is misguided if he thinks he can scare Mueller into winding down the investigation, Goldberg added.
Jay Goldberg on why he told Trump that Giuliani was not the right person for him to select
I thought that there were much better people that he could use to negotiate with Mueller pic.twitter.com/qDSq9OEAq1
TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) May 15, 2018
And to go on cable television and make revelations ― he was referring to Giuliani telling Fox News Sean Hannity that the $130,000 that Trumps current lawyer Michael Cohen paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels came from Trump himself ― without fully debriefing the client points to the height of unpreparedness, Goldberg said.
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There has been no evidence presented of collusion or obstruction, and it is about time for them to end the investigation, Giuliani told Bloomberg News on Tuesday. We dont want to signal our action if this doesnt work ― we are going to hope they listen to us ― but obviously we have a Plan B and C.