Giuliani calls Trump to tell him he was joking about having an 'insurance policy'
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trumps personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called the president this week to reassure him that he had been joking when he told media outlets he had insurance if Trump turned on him in the Ukraine scandal, Giulianis lawyer said on Wednesday.
The attorney, Robert Costello, said Giuliani at my insistence had called Trump within the last day to emphasize that he had not been serious when he said he had an insurance policy, if thrown under the bus.
He shouldnt joke, he is not a funny guy. I told him, Ten thousand comedians are out of work, and you make a joke. It doesnt work that way, Costello told Reuters.Giuliani has already said that he was being sarcastic when he made the comments. Trump, too, has brushed them off, telling reporters in the Oval Office this week that Rudy is a great guy. The White House declined to comment on Costellos remarks.
Giuliani has emerged as a central figure in the Democratic-led House of Representatives impeachment inquiry against Trump who is accused of abusing his office for personal political gain by pressing Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, and his son, Hunter, a former board member of a Ukrainian energy company.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-giuliani-idUSKBN1Y12CF
I can't wait for SDNY to subpoena this "insurance," and then for them to go all Michael Cohen on Rudy Colludy's ass with a 4 a.m. no-knock visit.
greyl
(22,990 posts)Julian English
(434 posts)I, however, believe Trump's angry about the comment, which is probably why he said Rudy was acting on is own. Meanwhile, Rudy's terrified because the SDNY is hot on his trail, and he doesn't want to die in prison even though he knows he deserves this fate at a bare minimum.
greyl
(22,990 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,765 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)is Rudy worried?
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)And he apologized to Trump for publicly talking about it, in another spontaneous TV eruption of unasked for "insights".
Maybe the pee pee tape, maybe something else. He acts all cocky as if he pretty much knows he'll get a pardon from his big orange client if things turn south for him.
orleans
(34,051 posts)every single one of them SUCK
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)when he said he had 'insurance' in case he gets thrown under the bus
https://www.businessinsider.com/giuliani-lawyer-told-tell-trump-insurance-claim-was-joke-2019-11