Giuliani: Mueller Probe Could Get ‘Cleaned Up’ By Presidential Pardons

on May 30, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media during a White House Sports and Fitness Day at the South Lawn of ... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media during a White House Sports and Fitness Day at the South Lawn of the White House May 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump hosted the event to encourage children to participate in sports and make youth sports more accessible to economically disadvantaged students. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

On the heels of Paul Manafort being sent to jail, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani hinted Friday that anyone convicted as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe may be spared by presidential pardons.

“When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons,” he told the New York Daily News.

His statement came mere hours after Manafort’s bail was revoked and he was ordered to stay in jail until his trial in September.

“I don’t understand the justification for putting him in jail,” Giuliani added to the Daily News. “You put a guy in jail if he’s trying to kill witnesses, not just talking to witnesses.”

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Simply amazing.

    Stupid Watergate, indeed.

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    FFS. Rudy isn’t even trying to hide the obstruction and corruption anymore.

  3. Rudy is the president’s comic…he’s more interested in getting on the net than finding a solution to our dysfunctional government. Is he actually getting paid for this?

  4. HELL YEAH WE OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE AND IT WAS AWESOME, MAYBE WE’LL DO IT AGAIN

    And Trump pays this man money, allegedly, for this brilliant PR work!

  5. The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

391 more replies

Participants

Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for jdkahler Avatar for cervantes Avatar for steviedee111 Avatar for squirreltown Avatar for rollinnolan Avatar for teenlaqueefa Avatar for irasdad Avatar for chelsea530 Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for lastroth Avatar for darrtown Avatar for tena Avatar for junebug Avatar for blogamator Avatar for rickjones Avatar for khyber900 Avatar for dannydorko Avatar for katscherger Avatar for pike_bishop Avatar for erik_t Avatar for tompaine73 Avatar for justruss Avatar for occamscoin

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: