Giuliani Admits He Wanted To Get US Ambassador In Ukraine ‘Out Of The Way’ | Talking Points Memo

More than a month before President Donald Trump pushed the Ukrainian president to investigate Democrats, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was recalled early from her office. It was a coup for Rudy Giuliani, who’d pushed for months for the ambassador’s ouster.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1268628
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He still speaks for Trump, right? Trump seems to think he does and is even willing to forgive him for putting one more nail in his coffin. (beat ya, squirrel)

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We definitely need Rude’s testimorony.

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“It was a coup for Rudy Giuliani, who’d pushed for months for the ambassador’s ouster.”

Perhaps I’ve missed other poster’s comments - but isn’t the ‘ouster’ someone who does the ‘ousting’?
Shouldn’t it read 'He pushed to have her ousted. Or “He ousted her from her position”?

@thunderclapnewman ? Your ruling?

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“I believed that I needed Yovanovitch out of the way,” Giuliani told the magazine in November.

Is this the first example of Giuliani being honest, or the umptieth example of him being incredibly stupid?

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Trump says Rudy did it out of love. You always hurt the ones you love. This must be some bromance. With a twist of necrophilia thrown in.

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Crude Fooliani is a crude fool.

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Giuliani admits he wanted the ambassador out of the way because he wanted to cook up lies and conspiracy theories to benefit Trump’s reelection.

Why is he still allowed to practice law?

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The stupid, it burns…

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Sounds like Ghoulani has caught a similar brain disease from tRump. Stay out of the WH deteriorating brains seem to be the norm.

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“I believed that I needed Yovanovitch out of the way,” Giuliani told the magazine in November.

Well, perhaps Yovanovitch is lucky that she wasn’t moved “out of the way” in the usual mob manner.

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It’s like the ending of a zombie flick, where it is clear that mankind will fail and good brains are in short supply.

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Because he obviously still needs all the practice he can get.

He’s what you’d call “malpracticed”.

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You’re thinking of “oyster.”

(I’ll clam up, now.)

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If you are great at your job you are not needed in the Trump org.

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Just another mussel-bound TPM commenter…

Sad…

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Don’t try to shell that here.

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Keep talking, Rudy, keep talking.

Can someone please remind the House and Senate Republicans that Rudy had absolutely no role on behalf of the United States, and that he was by his own admission acting solely in Donald Trump’s, and his own, personal interests.

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Oh jeez, another bi-valve personality shows up…

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