Graham, Giuliani Team Up To Use Senate In Bid To Scramble Ukraine Story | Talking Points Memo

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) plans to “inquire” into long-debunked and never remotely substantiated allegations that formed the basis of political dirt that President Trump tried to coerce Ukraine into manufacturing.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1254500

I hope the Dems on the committee crucify Giuliani… but Lindsey will likely provide protection

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“Let the chips fall where they may”, indeed.

Lindsey wants to have a re-do of the Kavanaugh confirmation where lots of yelling will turn the tide of public opinion.

The most deliberative body in the world hard at work, everybody.

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Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said in a statement that she would “welcome the opportunity to question Rudy Giuliani under oath.”

I would also welcome that opportunity.

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The word “backfire” is too weak.

Graham is going to have his own Impeachment Inquiry.

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The “tide-turning of pubic opinion” had as much to the bogus, shackled FBI (Trump circumscribed) “Investigation” as Graham and Kavanaugh yelling like Banshees.

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Graham invited Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee,

OF COURSE GIULIANI WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE UNDER OATH - -

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We’re pretty screwed now. If Giluliani starts answering questions in public, that’s pretty much guaranteed to get the president out of whatever trouble he may be in.

Please, senator Graham, have mercy! Don’t do this to us!

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Time for the Dems to deconstruct Rudy in ways he never dreamed of.

Graham may wish he’d never thought of the idea by the time it’s all done.

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Just guessing, Giuliani will not be under oath.

(@jinnj was already there)

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Can you say “perjury trap” boys and girls?

I knew you could!

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I realize this is just to throw red meat talking points to the GOP base and derail the discussion but wouldn’t Rudy be under oath if he were to testify? We know he’s going to lie.

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Question - who do we have on Senate Judiciary that is similar to Schiff?

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Graham looked like he started sprouting a spine by calling the pullout of American troops from Syria “a disaster”.
Then he stopped and reverted back to his jellyfish mode with this announcement.

Remember next November.

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can’t be perjury - if you later say “Just Kidding …it was a Joke!”

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Kamala will chop Rudy up and grind him into sausages

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“it’s now time to give voice to everything Ukraine.”

Except for all the testimony and documents that the WH and State Department are blocking.

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Graham has gone from being a vociferous critic of Trump’s to one of his most vicious attack dogs in the Senate.

He’s the annoying Chihuahua of Dandie Dinmont Terriers.

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Lindsey, you can never betray your country so completely that they’ll say “okay, here’s that compromising information, we didn’t keep any copies, pinky swear”.

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Gross abuse of power that will backfire horribly. Besides, Giuliani may be corrupt and lost his fastball, but he’s not stupid enough to show up…maybe…

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