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“Well, President Trump’s top-shelf legal is at it again,” Seth Meyers said Thursday night. The Late Night host was referring to the debut of Rudy Giuliani as Trump’s outside counsel in the Russia investigation, which got off to a rough start this week when he may have incriminated his own client during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “There’s no doubt that Trump has a crack legal team,” Meyers said, “and by that I mean every time one of his lawyers is on my TV, the screen cracks.” After playing a montage of Giuliani’s “super-chill, laid back, fact-filled” speech to the Republican National Convention in 2016 that ended with him asking, “Are we crazy?” the host replied, “You are. God bless him, though. I hope I have that much energy when I’m 200 years old.” On Wednesday night, Giuliani told Hannity that Trump paid back his fixer Michael Cohen for the $130,000 … [Read more...] about Seth Meyers Tears Into Rudy Giuliani: ‘You Cracked Under No Pressure’

(CNN)When Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro traveled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September, he was recovering from surgery and reportedly left after 30 hours without having met with any heads of state. Despite the brevity of his trip, Bolsonaro did make time to meet with someone who occupies a special position within President Donald Trump's inner circle -- Rudy Giuliani. The meeting, which involved a discussion of security and Brazil's prison system, according to a tweet by Bolsonaro's son who also attended, was just one in a series of interactions Giuliani has had with foreign leaders since he began representing Trump as his personal attorney last year. Giuliani has met or communicated with senior government officials from at least seven foreign countries since he became Trump's pro-bono personal lawyer in April 2018, according to a CNN review. He has also given paid speeches on behalf of an Iranian dissident group and met with a politician from … [Read more...] about Giuliani’s globetrotting complicates US foreign policy

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump continues to speak with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on the phone, according to multiple people with knowledge, as the ongoing impeachment inquiry has accelerated. Those people say the men's attorney-client relationship remains close even as Giuliani's central role in the series of events leading to the start of the congressional probe becomes increasingly apparent. "Rudy is uniquely the President's peer of all the people who work in the legal side," said one person with knowledge of their relationship. But Giuliani has also withdrawn from his prominent public role as a defender of the President in the media after he himself came under scrutiny for his efforts to shape US policy toward Ukraine. Those activities have drawn the attention of federal prosecutors in Manhattan, and Giuliani announced earlier this week he has hired his own legal team. Giuliani, who has said he represents Trump pro bono, confirmed to CNN Thursday he remains on the … [Read more...] about Trump and Giuliani remain in touch as impeachment drama heats up

“It’s just been crazy,” says Michael Avenatti. Over the past week, Stormy Daniels’ sound bite-dropping lawyer has made dozens of appearances on cable news—and one on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert—responding to the various developments in their case against President Donald Trump and his fixer Michael Cohen. The media escalation began on Wednesday, when Rudy Giuliani, a member of Trump’s legal team for all of two weeks, made an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program. There Giuliani, appearing slightly manic, claimed that Cohen “funneled” the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels “through a law firm” and that “the president repaid it.” He further divulged that Cohen was reimbursed for the funds via a $35,000 monthly retainer. Giuliani’s assertions ran contrary to statements made by both Trump and Cohen alleging that the president was unaware of the payoff to Daniels in the final weeks … [Read more...] about Michael Avenatti Sounds Off on Giuliani and Trump: ‘These Guys Are Making This Up as They Go Along’

House Republicans acknowledged that they have no witnesses and no documents to dispute the main facts concerning President Donald Trump's impeachable conduct: a demand from Ukraine for dirt on a political rival; withholding of aid vital to Ukraine's defense against Russia; concealing evidence of the scheme by moving a transcript to a secret server; and threatening the tipster who alerted Congress to gross malfeasance. They admitted all that? Well, in a manner of speaking they did. The Washington Post reports: "House Republicans sent Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a list of witnesses they want to testify in the impeachment inquiry, including former vice president Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden and the anonymous whistleblower who filed the initial complaint against President Trump. ... "Schiff is likely to reject many, if not all, of the witnesses from the Republicans' wish list." Hunter Biden lacks any direct knowledge of anything that occurred in the Trump White … [Read more...] about Republicans admit: They have no fact witnesses, Trump did it