The Justice Department bluntly distanced itself from President Trump’s personal lawyer on Sunday in a statement saying it wouldn’t have met with Rudy Giuliani to discuss a separate case with one of his clients had it known of New York federal prosecutors’ probe of his business associates, the New York Times reported.
Avast, thar be underbusing off the starboard bow!
A Democratic president would be long gone by now. There would be no “distancing” of anyone from any of this.
I don’t know how the DoJ operates, but isn’t the DC office the head of the whole operation? Shouldn’t they have know that the SDNY was investigating Giuliani’s associates? This denial doesn’t pass the smell test.
I’ve lost track of all the places Parnas and Fruman have been seen, and the people they’ve been seen with in those places. Weddings, funerals, banquets, fundraisers, campaign events, inaugural events, bars, dinners, lunches, hotel lobbies. They’re like Zelig #1 and Zelig #2. It strains credulity for the GOP to even attempt putting distance between themselves and these two.
Attorney General William Barr was reportedly aware of the Southern District of New York probe into Parnas and Fruman over allegations of campaign finance violations, but the officials who agreed to meet with Giuliani were not, according to the Times.
Oh yeah, this makes perfect sense. I can’t wait for a real prosecutor to scrutinize Barr’s behavior as AG.
So Coverup Gen Barr was aware of Grenade Giuliani BFFs (Parnas & Fruman) SDNY Probe BUT did not tell his people…
Hmmm…if true,
Did Barr purposefully omitted that tidbit to his DOJ lawyers?
Have we impeached Bill Barr (the mother fucker) yet?
Right about now Barr is probably spending about 25% of his time trying to figure out how to untouch shit he’s previously brushed up against.
I wonder who’s going to see the underside of the bus first, Giuliani or Mulvaney?
Trump by Thursday: “Rudy? We met briefly… I think he was on my legal team at one point. Don’t really know him. Haven’t spoken to him in person in many years, so I don’t know anything about what he was up to. I hear he’s very crazy though, so you shouldn’t believe anything he says.”
He is utterly corrupt. An absolute disgrace to the legal profession.
You have to grudgingly admire a person that knows their skill set, one they’re exceedingly good at, and finds a slot to fulfill it.
#1: "Oh, THAT investigation. Well, we didn’t know about THAT investigation until it hit the papers.
#2: “Yeah, good. With that line, we won’t have to get Barr mixed up in it.”
I love the fact that there are two headlines on the TPM front page right now that have trumpites “distancing” themselves from another trumpite! 
SDNY seems to go off the reservation when it comes to things that might impact the head office.
See the Epstein surprise arrest, for example.
Barr the door, Rudy…
Dear GOP,
The person you need to distance yourself from is …
If you don’t know that by now, you lack an innate sense of your own survival.
NYT says that AG Barr was aware.
I guess it was too much trouble to pass that along.
Or too top secret n stuff, or something.
Isn’t this a shot at Barr more than Rudy?