CNN: New Audio Shows Giuliani Pressured Ukraine To Announce Inquiry Into Biden Conspiracies | Talking Points Memo

A noun
A verb
And 9/11

to

A felony
A melody (when he sings)
And a lighter sentence

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Giuliani is quid, no pro quo.

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If someone like Rudy, who by the way is not a US government employee, official attache, or official given authority to speak for the US gov’t says what he said in this phone conversation…well is there a reverse of the FARA?

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It’s about flipping Rudy upward.

This.

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Exactly. He was acting as Trump’s personal attorney.

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The virtue of audio is that it conveys tone–as in, the literal way someone says something–in ways that transcripts cannot.

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OT…or maybe not?

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Rudy…the comic valentine no one found amusing…on his way to infamy reserved for the multi-faceted criminal.

Slavic felony
Intoned melody streaming
Lighter sentence.

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Anyone he flips on will certainly assert at trial their client has been fingered by a raving lunatic. And be on solid ground in doing so.

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That’s the Logan Act, I believe.

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If only there were video, that we could measure the length of the trickle.

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And as Trump’s personal attorney how did he have any standing/authority to broker an agreement between the head of a foreign country and the US?
I say this because Kurt Volker was also on the call. Volker served as US Special Representative to Ukraine. I’m assuming here that he was asked to serve, or was appointed to this position to be a go between the US and Ukraine. Volker resigned in 2019, and I assume after this call was made.

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As my Grandmother used to say…“just in time to amount to shit”…

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I like the way you assume.

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Maybe, but Rudy has repeatedly and explicitly stated that he has tapes and receipts. Those were warnings. He’s got evidence way beyond “ravings,” and Donald knows it.

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:cold_face:

And that’s why he’s inferior to the greatest ever.

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He’s technically in violation of the Logan Act for unauthorized negotiations on behalf of the US with a foreign government, although that’s only been applied twice and not since 1852. Also might tie into charges about not registering as a lobbyist for Ukraine? Anyway, it’s something else to add to the pile of evidence for plea negotiations.

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