Rudy Giuliani Is Getting Dragged For Saying There’s ‘Nothing Wrong With Taking Information From Russians’


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Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer and coiner of the phrase “Truth isn’t truth,” made the Sunday morning news show rounds to discuss the recently partially released Mueller report and its many alarming revelations. While some, including certain top Democrats, believe the findings of DOJ Special Counsel Robert Mueller warrant talk of impeachment, Giuliani does not. To him, it’s fine, for example, for Donald Trump to have reaped the benefits of Russian interference.

“There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” Giuliani asserted, brazenly, to a bewildered Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.

Giuliani was specifically speaking about comments from former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who said he was “sickened” by the current administration’s “dishonesty” as laid out in the still redacted Mueller report.

“Stop the bull. Stop the pious act,” Giuliani said before implying Romney has taken political dirt as well. “What a hypocrite. Any candidate in the world — in America — would take information.” He then added, “Who says it’s even illegal?”

Giuliani — who has a habit of blurting out potentially incriminating things about his boss on nationally broadcast television shows or simply betraying he has no idea how Twitter works — was also asked about Donald Trump’s tweets over the last few weeks, which went from saying the report was a “total exoneration” to, after it was partially released, calling it “total bulls*it.” Tapper asked Giuliani about this paradox.

“Some things are false, a lot of things are questionable,” Giuliani said, with a laugh.

Giuliani’s latest spluttering appearance — both on CNN and on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd — inspired yet another pile-on on the former “America’s mayor.”

One conceived a list of how to interview Giuliani without giving him a platform to spread misinformation.

Others saw it as continuing a disturbing trend.

Noted prolific thread fanatic Seth Abrahamson even got in, though he kept it atypically brief.

Others saw him hanging himself with his own words.

Of course, no Rudy pile-on would be complete without a couple digs about his appearance.

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