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Zorro

(15,737 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 01:29 PM Feb 2020

Giuliani Laments Having Only 'Five Friends Left' After Failing To Hang Up On Reporter

Sad!

Upon thinking that he hung up on a Daily News reporter Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani began complaining about former New York Gov. George Pataki and how he only has “five friends left.”

Giuliani, who’s gained a reputation for butt-dialing journalists, was overheard by the Daily News reporter confessing to someone he called “Tony.” The reporter had asked Giuliani about Pataki’s forthcoming book, which claims Giulianihe privately asked Pataki to call off the city’s 2001 mayoral election for the purpose of remaining in office in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

After telling the reporter that “there were people who wanted me to do it,” he “thought about it for two days, but I never asked him to do it.”

“Even if we would have had that conversation, it would have been privileged between a mayor and a governor … He’s an honorable guy. I can’t believe he would do that,” Giuliani said. “I just keep getting disappointed. I got about five friends left.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/giuliani-five-friends-left-daily-news-reporter

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Giuliani Laments Having Only 'Five Friends Left' After Failing To Hang Up On Reporter (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2020 OP
That many? n/t moonscape Feb 2020 #1
"it would have been privileged between a mayor and a governor" Is this even true, legally? winstars Feb 2020 #2
No, there is no such privilege jberryhill Feb 2020 #5
He's always been a pr--k, and now he's a senile old pr--k. And the POTUS lawyer, WOW!!! winstars Feb 2020 #6
Maybe that's all he ever had to begin with.... CatMor Feb 2020 #3
And they are all on his right hand jberryhill Feb 2020 #4
Up the voltage! Jirel Feb 2020 #7
Since he is Nosferatu... SummerSnow Feb 2020 #8
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy... robbob Feb 2020 #9
Trumpass, Roger Stone, rusty fender Feb 2020 #10

winstars

(4,219 posts)
2. "it would have been privileged between a mayor and a governor" Is this even true, legally?
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 01:33 PM
Feb 2020

Attorney-Client
Doctor-Patient
Clergy-Whatever its called


Mayor-Governor????????? Haven't heard that one...

Is it straight out of Rudy's ass?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. No, there is no such privilege
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 01:36 PM
Feb 2020

One could claim a limited executive deliberative privilege of some kind, but a blanket Mayor-Governor privilege on the subject of some kind of extraordinary scheme to undermine the governance of New York City? No.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
3. Maybe that's all he ever had to begin with....
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 01:33 PM
Feb 2020

and everyone else knew what he really was all about.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
8. Since he is Nosferatu...
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 02:14 PM
Feb 2020

he is friends with the wolfman, the mummy, creature from the black lagoon, the invisible man and Frankenstein monster. so there is his 5 friends, he was right.

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