Rudy Giuliani twice shot himself in the foot as he attempted to attack the credibility of January 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson, and you’d think a lawyer would be a little more careful with his words.
Then again, the former Trump attorney’s law license was suspended last year in New York and Washington, D.C. as he awaits ethics charges over his involvement in overturning the results of the 2020 election, so it’s not a total shock.
Hutchinson, a former top White House aide to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, gave explosive testimony Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes chaos of the West Wing on and around January 6. Some of the most talked about details were that Trump was aware things might turn violent on January 6, that he allowed rally attendees to be armed, and that he attempted to force his security detail to take him to the Capitol to join the rioters. Then, of course, there was #ketchup.
Another claim Hutchinson made involved Giuliani’s fear of criminal exposure. She said he asked Trump for a pardon.
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Taking to Twitter, Giuliani sought to discredit the hearings and Hutchinson, but instead he appeared to incriminate himself.
“The January 6 Witch Hunt Cabal has now exceeded even its prior fraudulent,” he said. “The last witness was a reckless liar. Contrary to her false testimony she was never present when I asked for a pardon.”
A full 25-and-a-half hours later, Giuliani edited the tweet to add: “Actually, I told the President I did not want or need one.”
Nice save, Rudy!
Except he wasn’t finished with the sloppy damage control — some time after he revised his statement, he deleted the post entirely.
Adventures in Deleted Tweets: Rudy Giuliani Edition.
Here’s take one, then take two. pic.twitter.com/qfGHQEzXdw
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) June 29, 2022
On Thursday morning, he posted this instead: “I NEVER asked for a pardon. I didn’t need one. I NEVER lied nor did anything wrong. Friends suggested anyone in the inner circle should because the lying radical left try to frame innocent people.”
I NEVER asked for a pardon. I didn't need one. I NEVER lied nor did anything wrong. Friends suggested anyone in the inner circle should because the lying radical left try to frame innocent people.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) June 30, 2022
Comments on the latest tweet have been shut off, but they’d probably look a little like this:
I wonder if there will be a point when Rudy realizes he has a serious credibility problem.
— William Stiegal (@WStiegal) June 29, 2022
He’s still alive? I heard the slap on the back killed him.
— Cliff Walker (@KCBtweets) June 29, 2022
I think these are known as ‘alternative facts.’
— Dominic (@Justwat00678811) June 30, 2022
Rudy: “l have witnesses to corroborate!”
Same ones you were promising to produce to prove election fraud? pic.twitter.com/DUR6kQl52f
— FurrieChief (@FurrieChief) June 30, 2022
More from Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account: pic.twitter.com/40vRqQmMZD
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) June 29, 2022
I’ll ketchup on these later
— (@MaireNiBrun1) June 29, 2022
oopsie
— Quang (@Quang_a_nuang) June 29, 2022
“Dude, you admitted you asked for a pardon, and said she wasn’t there”
“Oh shit, better delete it and try again”— Frederal (@FrederalBacon) June 29, 2022
Whether or not Giuliani himself asked for a pardon, we do know he was closely involved with lobbying Trump to pardon other allies for their actions around the 2020 election, including Reps. Matt Gaetz and Scott Perry.
And in other Giuliani news, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accused the former lawyer of filing a false police report over the alleged “grocery store attack.”
“Someone needs to remind former Mayor Giuliani that falsely reporting a crime is a crime,” Adams told reporters. “And from what he stated about being ‘punched in the head’, ‘felt like a bullet’ … That was a lot of creativity. And I think the district attorney — he has the wrong person that he’s investigating.”
bachy
How did this cabal of unscrupulous cretins ever manage to achieve such elevated and influential positions on the American political landscape? It’s not just boggling, it’s depressing.
whereshouldistart
Because the average republican voter has the IQ of a carrot.
humble charlie
thank odin, they were cretins. busy little bee cretins. but still cretins. and now will come the flood of denials supposedly discrediting hutchinson’s testimony. and the last person i would believe would be a secret service agent or agents who had been compromised.
dgsea06
I wish I could answer your question for you, but I can’t.
You have to research back to about 1980 or so when Jimmy Carter was portrayed as “weak” (Carter was a submarine commander) and o;’ Ronald Reagan was portrayed as, well, the folksy caretaker the media told us we needed. (Reagan was a B grade actor).
That’s about the time the Republicans realized that they could lie and get away with it.
The media loved it. Ratings, Ratings, Lies are headlines, outrageous lines are superheadlines and Ratings, Ratings.
Here we are today. Nothing has changed. Democrats have ethics and Republicans lie, and get away with it.
Look ’em up: Nixon, H.W. Bush, Reagan, Dubya, Trump, all corrupt and recession enablers.
It’s going to take an enormous upswell of honest Americans to defeat the liars and restore the rule of law to the U.S.
For TV, Streaming, check out MSNBC. Don’t take my word for it, just check it out.
It’s now up to you.
TAZnTampa
@whereshouldistart no need to insult carrots, at least they serve a purpose. 😀
ZzBomb
If you have to ask for a pardon, you’re guilty.
If you have to plead the fifth, you’re guilty.
If you are a Republican, you’re garbage.
Jim
Hey give the guy a break. He was inebriated.
barryaksarben
I remember how crooked Nixon was and decided I could NEVER trust the gop and I never have and I have never been disappointed
Kangol2
I have to keep reminding people who are saying Cassidy Hutchinson isn’t credible or has a vendetta blah blah that she is a MAGA true believer who was in that administration till the very end, not some Jenny-come-lately liberal or progressive who just happened to fantasize about the insane asylum Don the Con turned the White House into!
This woman is 1) a true believer who 2) worked closely with Don the Con’s chief of staff and others in and around the Oval Office and 3) gave sworn testimony, over 20 hours worth, something that Don the Con, Mark Meadows, Pat Cipollone, the Secret Service agents in question, etc. have not (at least so far). Why won’t they testify under oath? Why the reticence? It’s easier to attack Hutchinson, who again, is a MAGA, than to tell the truth about traitor Don the Con’s attempted coup!
novadude
Anyone claiming via media (social or otherwise) that Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony *under oath* is false is a spineless, cowardly hypocrite unless they are willing to do the same.
If you’re so sure she lied, contact the J6 Committee and tell them so under oath.
If you and your claim are so weak that you won’t then STFU because the putrid hot gas coming out of your face is nothing but meaningless, conspiratorial GQP nonsense.
Step up or shut up.
JeffBaker
Reminds me of some of the things Nixon used to say!
CNY1983
for gods sake someone put this man out of his misery and into his fantasy – PRISON!
LumpyPillows
Rudy needs to move into an assisted living community – he’s no longer rational and likely needs help[ with hygiene.