Now Shut Up and Listen to Rudy

The Case for the Impeachment Defense

My client’s call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty.

By Rudy Giuliani
Nov. 12, 2019 7:37 pm ET

If your only sources of news the past two months have been CNN and MSNBC, you probably think President Trump has committed some heinous act that is deserving of being drawn, quartered and carted out of the White House.

That’s a false narrative built on selectively leaked testimony from Rep. Adam Schiff’s closed-door Intelligence Committee hearings. The manner in which he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are conducting this impeachment investigation is unprecedented, constitutionally questionable, and an affront to American fair play.

The conversation my client, President Donald J. Trump, had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25 was innocent. During a congratulatory call, the newly elected Mr. Zelensky brought up the need to “drain the swamp” in his country. Rooting out corruption was one of Mr. Zelensky’s campaign pledges, and Mr. Trump asked him to investigate allegations of corruption at the highest levels of both governments. It was a matter of serious mutual concern.

In particular, Messrs. Zelensky and Trump discussed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A Ukrainian court ruled in December last year that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Ukrainian lawmaker Serhiy Leshchenko illegally interfered in the 2016 election by releasing documents related to Paul Manafort. A January 2017 report from Politico implied that the officials released the information to hurt the Trump campaign. The site reported that a Democratic National Committee contractor, Alexandra Chalupa, dug for dirt on Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine. This past May, Valeriy Chaly, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., told the Hill’s John Solomon that Ms. Chalupa came to the embassy looking for damaging information on Mr. Manafort. Ms. Chalupa has denied conducting opposition research with Ukrainian officials for the DNC but told Politico that she provided what information she found on Mr. Manafort to “a lot of journalists.” Needless to say, the matter could still use investigating.

Mr. Trump also briefly brought up his concerns regarding former Vice President Joe Biden’s conduct toward Ukraine while his son, Hunter Biden, worked for the Ukrainian company Burisma. Andriy Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s Parliament, told the press in early October that he had reviewed documents showing that Burisma transferred $900,000 to Rosemont Seneca Partners, a lobbying firm owned by Hunter Biden, and that the money was for lobbying Joe Biden. In my view, the former vice president should be investigated for bribery, and at the very least both Bidens’ behavior deserves serious scrutiny.

For Messrs. Trump and Zelensky to discuss these issues was not only proper but an exercise of Mr. Trump’s responsibility as U.S. president as expressed in Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution: “to take care that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed.”

Moreover, Mr. Trump requested that Ukraine root out corruption; he didn’t demand it. His words were cordial, agreeable and free of any element of threat or coercion. Mr. Trump offered nothing in return to Ukraine for cleaning up corruption. If you doubt me, read the transcript. Allegations of Burisma-Biden corruption weren’t even a major part of the conversation. The focus was on Ukrainian corruption broadly speaking and out of a five-page transcript Mr. Trump spent only six lines on Joe Biden.

Moreover, Mr. Zelensky has made clear he felt the call was a perfectly normal, friendly and appropriate conversation, one in which he felt no pressure of any kind.

In an ideal America, politicians would be held to the same standard regardless of party, and this inquiry would be over. But the left’s inability to accept the results of the 2016 election and fear of Mr. Trump’s policy agenda have driven the Democrats into a frenzy. Call it Trump derangement syndrome or a corrupt double standard, but there can be little doubt that Mr. Biden would not be pursued so aggressively were he in Mr. Trump’s place. The dominance of the left-leaning media is one of the main reasons that Capitol Hill Democrats can get away with acting this way.

If the American people are allowed to see the facts of the matter, the truth will prevail. But if the allegations against Joe and Hunter Biden aren’t fully investigated, we won’t have equal justice under the law. Politicians of both parties should insist on fairness. That necessarily includes defending the right of political opponents to have their say before the American people—even President Trump.

Mr. Giuliani is Donald Trump’s personal attorney. He served as mayor of New York, 1994-2001

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cas...se-11573605427

Originally Posted by HoeHummer

Is the ban hammer catching up with you, yssup?

Is this your way of going out with a bang?

Is the ban hammer catching up with you, yssup?

Is this your way of going out with a bang? Originally Posted by lustylad

Yeah, I was making him crazy............again! He’s probably pretty close to being gone.

I'm sure he's got spare shamdles at the ready.

My client’s call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty.

By Rudy Giuliani

Originally Posted by lustylad

Originally Posted by WTF

MOO!!!!!

Poor little Rudy, it’s to bad a defendant in a federal court of law doesn’t get to make a opening statement, because that’s were he’s headed.

But, but, but, the perfect transcript about the perfect call released by the perfect president, cried the disgraced disbarred lawyer.

Poor little Rudy, it’s to bad a defendant in a federal court of law doesn’t get to make a opening statement, ...... Originally Posted by Jaxson66

Proof the smoke you've breathed has damaged your brain. And that's the best case scenario .... that you were actually born with a brain!

Not only is spelling a challenging ...

...you don't know shit about trying a case in "federal court"!

Poor little Rudy... Originally Posted by Jaxson66

What about the $900k that Hunter was allegedly paid to "lobby" his daddy? You cool wid dat, bro?

How many Ukrainians will the DNC hire for its 2020 oppo research team? Will they put a dossier together?

You have to learn how to ask the right questions, Jaxboy.

What about the $900k that Hunter was allegedly paid to "lobby" his daddy? You cool wid dat, bro? Originally Posted by lustylad

Did Junior report it when he registered as a foreign lobbyist?

Chronology of amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.

August 7, 1939 P.L. 76-319 53 Stat. 1244 H.R. 5988 Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 29, 1942 P.L. 77-532 56 Stat. 248 S. 2399 Franklin D. Roosevelt
August 3, 1950 P.L. 81-642 64 Stat. 399 H.R. 4386 Harry S. Truman
October 4, 1961 P.L. 87-366 75 Stat. 784 H.R. 470 John F. Kennedy
July 4, 1966 P.L. 89-486 80 Stat. 244 S. 693 Lyndon B. Johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreig...gistration_Act

Isn't that one reason why Manafort was investigated?

Interesting ... ALL DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS.....

thanks for the post.. I consider America's Mayor to be of the highest integrity, this seals the deal.. the Impeachment Inquiry is a Witch Hunt!





excuse me, I need to throw up real quick..

excuse me, I need to throw up real quick... Originally Posted by Chung Tran

Well, the Biden corruption story is pretty sickening, I must admit...

Well, the Biden corruption story is pretty sickening, I must admit... Originally Posted by lustylad

The Biden’s thought they could get away with this crap because they figured they were invulnerable.

Hillary was going to be President. Business as usual. The corruption train just continues down the track.

“Then there came into the land a Pharaoh who knew not Joe”

The Bidens were probably crying that night in Nov, 2016. Just for different reasons than the Liberal News Anchors.

My client’s call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty.

By Rudy Giuliani
Originally Posted by lustylad