Trump Still Standing By Giuliani…For Now

BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 20: (L to R) President-elect Donald Trump and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani exit the clubhouse following their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump tweeted his support for Rudy Giuliani Saturday, calling him “a little rough around the edges” but a “great guy and wonderful lawyer.”

The gesture of support comes as new reporting confirms that Giuliani’s interactions with recently arrested associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, specifically related to the Ukraine pressure campaign, are the subject of a criminal investigation.

In a less supportive move, Trump also declined to say if Giuliani is still his lawyer when pressed by reporters Friday.

According to Politico, allies of the President have been pushing for him to dump Giuliani, fearing that his lack of verbal discipline will hurt Trump by proxy.

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  1. He may seem a little rough around the edges sometimes, but he is also a great guy and wonderful lawyer.

    Donald Trump did not write this line.

  2. Trump translator: “Guiliani has dirt on me and can ruin me. He’s useful for now to protect me.”

  3. Avatar for elial elial says:

    Should be, “and needs a wonderful lawyer.”

  4. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    ‘What’s a few crimes among friends? Us crooks gotta stick together.’

  5. In a less supportive move, Trump also declined to say if Giuliani is still his lawyer when pressed by reporters Friday.

    He will be Trump’s lawyer for purposes of invoking attorney-client privilege, but when it comes to Giuliani’s criminal actions, they will claim that Trump never paid him so Giuliani was acting on his own.

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