Giuliani says he is joining Trump's legal team to 'negotiate an end' to Mueller probe

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By Robert Costa and Josh Dawsey April 19 at 5:04 PM

Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a combative former prosecutor and longtime ally of President Trump, told The Washington Post on Thursday that he has joined the president’s legal team dealing with the ongoing special counsel probe.

“I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for Bob Mueller,” Giuliani said in an interview.

Giuliani, who joins a legal team that has struggled to recruit new members to its ranks, said he has been speaking with Trump for weeks about joining the group of legal advisers. He said he would work alongside Trump’s current attorneys, Jay Sekulow and Ty Cobb, who focus on the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He also said he will soon take a leave from his law firm, Greenberg Traurig.

Giuliani said he formalized his decision in recent days, including over dinner last week at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/giuliani-says-he-is-joining-trumps-legal-team-to-negotiate-an-end-to-mueller-probe/2018/04/19/b175fc10-4411-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html

[HopeAgain]

1. Here's the first offer...

Five to ten for a first degree felony with your cooperation, Mr. Mayor.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. By 'negotiate,' I think Giuliani means...

...rat Trump out in exchange for not being prosecuted himself. Since Cohen probably had Giuliani on tape, as an accessory to obstruction of justice, advising Trump to fire Comey as a way to stop the Russia investigation.

[pangaia]

16. Don't call him mr mayor.

call him sleazeball dipshit gangster

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. Here's mine

You get nothing. Nada. Zip.

Now, let's talk about the leaks that were communicated to you from the New York FBI office...

[AJT]

29. You get nothing, you lose. Now good day sir!

[paleotn]

2. Ummm, no.

No deal Rudy. You putz.

[TeamPooka]

3. hahahahaha

[riversedge]

4. oh, crap. now that weasel will be plasted all over the media. uga uga

[WePurrsevere]

8. And 'this' is exactly why Ghouliani is doing it. nt

[notdarkyet]

5. Trump also just got two new attorneys who are Democrats and excellent I hear. I wish they had said

No. But they will probably get screwed with this gig, drug through the mud and not paid. We will see.

[WePurrsevere]

10. Interesting. Would you please site your source? I tried searching but...

I'm not finding anything at the reliable sources I checked yet.

TIA

[mobeau69]

12. I heard that mentioned on the tube a day or two ago but I can't find anything on it either.

[Leghorn21]

17. Imes and Spears, started last Friday

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/politics/michael-cohen-court-filing-trump-lawyers/index.html

They both signed a letter last year asking Rod Rosenstein to appoint special counsel, per a DU post! All wonder if dumbass saw it?!?

[mobeau69]

22. Thanks.

[WePurrsevere]

24. Thanks! So they're Democrats & requested a Special Counsel? Oh my...

This could get good when Trump discovers that his newest lawyers are what some Fox news types might 'assume' are infiltrators from the supposed 'side' investigating him. him

[flibbitygiblets]

41. They are excellent, but when Donnie 2 scoops realizes they signed letter calling for special counsel

He will drop them like a hot potato. Because he truly believes that everybody acts as he does (retaliatory, unethical and vengeful).

[Leghorn21]

15. They started last Friday at the Daniels/Cohen hearing

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/politics/michael-cohen-court-filing-trump-lawyers/index.html

Imes and Spears

[notdarkyet]

19. I couldnt find it when I just did search. At least two stories about them the last couple days.

I was going to delete but someone below you answered.

[Leghorn21]

18. Imes and Spears, not - heres a great post on this from a few days back -

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210508135

shhh, don’t tell dumbass!!

[TrollBuster9090]

6. Video Leaked of Giuliani 'Negotiating' An End To The Mueller Probe...

"Alright, we'll call it a negotiated end to the probe..."

(And, PS- In this case, it's technically not called a 'negotiated settlement.' I think the term old Rudi is looking for is "PLEA BARGAIN." )

[LiberalFighter]

9. Giuliani should be in prison.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. All Trump has to do to end the Mueller investigation is plead guilty to obstruction of justice

and resign as president. Easy-peasy.

[OnDoutside]

13. Either Rudy believes he is in the clear, or it's all hands to the pump.

[Botany]

14. Mueller to Rudy

[Leghorn21]

20. Botany, look at this tweet I just came to post (speaking of Mr. Mueller):

Link to tweet

?s=20

Let me put it this way.....

Rudy Giuliani brought down John Joseph Gotti. He isn’t afraid of anybody. Exactly the man that is needed at this time on Trump’s side.

cc : Hillary/Podesta/DNC
4:38 PM - Apr 19, 2018

[SergeStorms]

34. Yeah, and Ghouliani......

had the FBI and scores of other investigators working for him in that case! Who have you got working for you in this investigation, Rooty? The word of Lying Donnie Trump?

[leftynyc]

40. Robert Mueller brought down John Gotti

with the plea he made with Sammy Gravano. Guiliani did bring down Paul Castellano who was also a "boss" of the Gambino crime family. The mob took a HUGE hit with those cases but Gotti was brought down by Mueller.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/how-scared-should-trump-be-of-mueller-ask-john-gotti-or-sammy-the-bull

One thing Rudy was good for was going after white collar criminals AND making them do the perp walk. Michael Milkin, Ivan Boesky.

For anyone who wants to read about Guiliani's time as a prosecutor of the mob - this is a good place to look

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/rudolph-giuliani/

[flibbitygiblets]

42. Exactly! Mueller brought down Gotti. Jebus R's are pathological liars.

Can't even get the simplest, most well-known facts straight.

[rockfordfile]

23. I don't buy it. I'm skeptical of Mueller

I don't trust him in doing what has to be and should be done about Trump. I remember him during the Bush years. Mueller is not a independent guy. To me it seems that he toes the line of your typical far-right republican. I'm skeptical of him. Republicans like to let traitors go. Remember Fitzgerald letting traitors go.

[left-of-center2012]

21. By 'negotiate' does he mean 'plea deal'?

[Doodley]

26. There is a due process and Giuliani thinks he can interfere with that.

[R B Garr]

27. This! He is there to gum things up, probably with

Oliver North’s shredder. He just wants access.

[democratisphere]

28. Rudy is guilty as drumpf so what does he intend to negotiate and for whom?!

Never trust an idiot that always has a toothy fake smile.

[kacekwl]

30. You can have my answer now mayor.

My answer is nothing . And I expect you to cover the cost of my time and travel to come tell you that.

[Va Lefty]

32. Yes. Love the Godfather 2 nod.

[kacekwl]

44. Didn't think anyone would get it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. As Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe said with remarkable efficiency and restraint 73 years ago,

"Nuts!"

Anthony McAuliffe

[SergeStorms]

33. Good luck with that, Ghouliani.

In order to negotiate you have to have something to negotiate with! You, or Trump, have nothing...........except time to serve in prison.

[liberalhistorian]

35. Now how is he gonna

fit a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in with that? Inquiring minds wanna know!

[Javaman]

36. This just in! Negotiation settlement reached! here's the transcript.

ghouliani: well, donald. it's done.

asshole: really that was quick. I only hire the best people. If I was a lawyer I would have hired myself.

ghouliani: yeah, okay, well, you wanted the best and you got me.

asshole: so what are the terms?

ghouliani: the investigation is done with only one condition.

asshole: fantastic, great, the best! what's the condition?

ghouliani: you have to go to jail.

[Orange Free State]

37. Having Giuliani and Cohen on your team is like being represented by

the law firm of Skeletor and Gomer Pyle LLC.

[duforsure]

38. Sure he is

This was done to use Giuliani to threaten Mueller from trump with, and maybe offer him something to stop the investigation, not negotiate anything. He using him for PR also. trump and giuliani are very similar in many ways.

[DeminPennswoods]

39. Guiliani might have his own problem

Josh Marshall put up an edblog post about Guiliani and his appearance on Fox News predicting there would be an "Oct surprise" for Clinton, which turned out to be the emails on Abedin's laptop. Last night on Maddow's show, she asked Comey about that. He said he ordered an investigation of how that info leaked to Guiliani, but was fired before the investigation was complete. Marshall's reporting that the investigation is wrapping up and the finding may implicate the NY FBI office's agents in leaking to Guiliani.

[flibbitygiblets]

43. Thanks for bringing that up. Looks like another of trump's lawyers is going to need a lawyer

Well if nothing else, trump has really done a lot of "job creation" for lawyers in his first year in office.

[TheSmarterDog]

45. A billion dollars in unmarked bills & a plane to Moscow?