Rudy Giuliani has been on friendly Fox News a handful of times since officially joining Donald Trump’s legal team, but Friday marked his first time on CNN of late. Chris Cuomo interviewed him commercial free for 42 minutes. One of the biggest takeaways? Giuliani seemed to contradict the President on this early morning tweet about whether an FBI informant was planted on Trump’s campaign.
“Apparently the DOJ put a Spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before and by any means necessary, they are out to frame Donald Trump for crimes he didn’t commit.” David Asman @LouDobbs @GreggJarrett Really bad stuff!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2018
Rudy Giuliani just now to @ChrisCuomo: “We don’t know for sure – nor does the president – that there really was” an informant. “We’ve been told that” by people “off the record.” He added, “we don’t know if they’re right or not.” https://t.co/Iiio3C49p8
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 18, 2018
They also talked about why Trump is hesitant to talk to Robert Mueller IF he is innocent.
GIULIANI: "The President would testify tomorrow if it was about the truth. The truth is he had nothing to do with Russia … Martha Stewart never would have gone to jail if she hadn't gone and testified."
CUOMO: She lied. https://t.co/yoh7YJVd0v— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2018
Stormy Daniels’ attorney also called attention to Giuliani’s response to a question about whether Trump will respond to a subpoena by Mueller.
This is getting too easy. What an absolute train wreck this guy is. EVERY time!!! #Embarrassment #TimeForPasture #DazedConfused #Basta
Unfair!’ Rudy Giuliani explodes when CNN’s Cuomo plays clip of him saying presidents must obey subpoenas https://t.co/AszT6ZZx9D via rawstory
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 18, 2018
The interview was heated at times and ended on this rather odd note.
Near the end of 45-minute commercial-free interview on @cnn, Giuliani says "most people think I'm crazy to come on." Asked by @ChrisCuomo if he thought the interview was unfair, "I do," said Giuliani. "I gotta go, he then says, but shakes hands with Cuomo as interview ends.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 18, 2018
that threw me a bit too. but rudy knows i am fair and pledged to come back on to make the case. and thats all i want: to have the players on and test their arguments for you https://t.co/kp6bpZ6QeG
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) May 18, 2018
thats the job. rudy told me after he thought i was fair. he is right. now you can judge the cogency of his arguments. https://t.co/1IjjFIQIzr
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) May 18, 2018
Watch the full interview above.
