Trump lawyer Giuliani: 'scumbag' Cohen is a traitor like Iago and Brutus

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Trump lawyer Giuliani: 'scumbag' Cohen is a traitor like Iago and Brutus

• Ex-New York mayor gives rambling 32-minute CNN interview
• Won’t discuss ‘very nasty’ link between Mueller and Trump

Martin Pengelly
Mon 30 Jul 2018 15.27 BST First published on Mon 30 Jul 2018 14.41 BST

Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has angrily compared Michael Cohen, the president’s former long-time lawyer, to famous traitors Benedict Arnold, Brutus and Iago.

“You’ve got a really bad guy here,” said Giuliani, during a 32-minute long, rambling interview on CNN on Monday.

Cohen, whose premises and home were raided by the FBI in April on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller concerning possible campaign finance law violations, has not been charged with any crime. But he has strongly hinted he may help investigators looking into Russian election interference and links between Trump aides and Moscow.

Last week Cohen’s lawyer released a tape of Cohen discussing with Trump a payment to a Playboy model who claims an affair with the president, which Trump denies. It was then reported that Cohen says Trump knew of a meeting in New York in June 2016 between key aides and several Russians promising compromising information on Hillary Clinton.

On CNN, Giuliani repeatedly attacked Cohen’s credibility. Of his own avowals of Cohen’s honesty earlier this year, he said: “George Washington would have said that about Benedict Arnold at a certain point in time.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/30/trump-lawyer-giuliani-michael-cohen-traitors-iago-and-brutus

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Who told him about Iago?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Funny how Rudy was praising Cohen to the skies just a few months ago.

Cohen was always a scumbag. So is Rudy. They are the kind of people Trump hires.

[dalton99a]

3. Deplorables: "Who are these guys Iago and Brutus? Sounds like Mueller should investigate them!"

[0rganism]

12. friends of Hillary, no doubt!

their emails are missing! launch a congressional investigation!

[Kaleva]

4. Brutus wanted to save the Republic

[malchickiwick]

5. Ah, the lovely irony of his including Brutus, who chose loyalty to country over despot.

What a dunce the toothy one is.

[flibbitygiblets]

6. Double irony if Cohen helps save democracy

Even if it's only to save his own skin

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. I think he's after revenge.

Many layers of it.

Crazy times.

[Lint Head]

7. I thought Trump said, "Lagos and Brutus were

were examples of people who have done amazing jobs and getting recognized more and more, I notice."

[Sneederbunk]

8. Or Sammy the Bull.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. It can't have been that long ago...

That they were slobberin flattery all over Cohen, to keep him on their side.

He’s flipped.

[Nevilledog]

11. The tape release

Why is The Guardian stating as fact that it was Cohen's side that released the tape?.

[maxrandb]

13. At least he hasn't used "Judas" yet

to draw the comparison of Donnie Short Fingers to Christ

[flibbitygiblets]

14. Let he who hasn't rawdogged a pornstar

cast the first stone!