Giuliani Calls Mueller Remarks On Obstruction A 'Perversion!'

[DonViejo]

By Nicole Lafond
May 29, 2019 12:24 pm

President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani was disappointed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to again once explain that he would’ve exonerated Trump of obstruction if he were certain Trump hadn’t done it.

Giuliani called Mueller’s obstruction remarks during a press conference on Wednesday a “perversion” and a concerted effort between Mueller and the media to attack Trump.

“That’s the law. A sitting president can’t be charged. So then if that’s the case, then why did he offer all those opinions?” Giuliani said, calling into Fox News. “Why did he offer all those recommendations and suggestions? Why did he investigate? The reality is that he gave us his opinion on collusion and obstruction. His opinion is you can’t bring a case. Bob, that’s the end of it. That’s what a prosecutor does.

“You don’t prove negatives,” Giuliani continued. “It’s almost impossible to do that. What they’ve done here is a perversion, a combination of him and the media and I’m surprised with Bob. He is a better lawyer than that. I don’t know where this notion came that he has to exonerate.”

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[abqtommy]

1. Rudy might be right...

...if anyone knows perversion it's him!

[Guilded Lilly]

3. My thoughts to the T!

[grantcart]

8. Beat me to it. He has a PH'd in perversion

[TheBlackAdder]

2. The guy who wrote the report should know what is was about!

[EveHammond13]

4. didn't he marry his own cousin?

[EveHammond13]

5. a key part of White House strategy is to conflate criminal standard with impeachment standard

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Why is anybody listening to what that lunatic is saying?

Attach magnets to him and his spin could power all of Manhattan.

[genxlib]

7. There is a positive here

If Gooliani is railing it means they think it went poorly for Trump.

It is dumb of him to get on Fox and bring this up because it just brings attention to it among his viewer. He is assuming it will cause further outrage but it can't really help any more.

I am surprised he didn't go with the "nothing to see here-Mueller has closed up shop-nothing more to say" line.