After months of negotiations with the House Jan. 6 Committee, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani abruptly abandoned his agreement to testify in front of the panel on the eve of the interview, which had been scheduled for Friday.
Giuliani is still leaving the door open to testify, Costello said, as long as the committee agrees to his demand.
Which he will change at whim whenever the committee tentatively agrees to them.
Long past time to hold him in contempt and send it to the DOJ.
History hasn’t borne out a whole lot of results in contempt charges coming from the J6 committee. That’s what the perpetrators are banking on - nothing coming of it.
Fucking GOP. Every day we have to wake up to another sack of flaming shit left on the doorstep by these evil clowns.
The ghoul edits the video, gives it to Fux and that becomes the RWNJ narrative.
"If he refuses to comply, the committee will consider all enforcement options,” the spokesperson said.
There’s a threat that strikes mortal fear in the heart of every MAGA denizen.
DON’T MAKE ME STOP THIS CAR!!!
The historic moniker of Rudy being “the President of 9/11” was a PR stunt from the git go. Playing for the cameras then was marketing of his image. The heroes of that day were the common, hard working folks, public servants and private citizens who instinctively knew what to do without his leadership.
I though all these interviews were videotaped. I would like to prove that yes, XYZ did said such thing is not a transcriber error.
I can understand Giuliani, he needs those tapes as nobody would believe his version of events, although he would probably be showboating to please Trump.
Seems like this refusal to comply with a lawful subpoena will be a relevant consideration in any future pretrial detention proceeding.
Not sure exactly when, at the pace things are moving, that might take place. The clock is kinda running out here - we’re in May, just six months from midterms, where it is altogether possible that the American voters (that are allowed to vote) give the House back to the GQP and this whole thing just vaporizes.
I’m not willing to completely dismiss a Red wave possibility for November. The J6 committee has delayed its hearings from March until June, with no guarantees there won’t be further delays. They’ve interviewed some 970 people on the event. Should we believe there is still information that some 970 people haven’t already revealed?
And where are the results of the previous contempt charges the J6 committee has referred to the DOJ? Seems to me darned few have been processed and prosecuted.
This is getting a bit dubious for me.
I’m reasonably certain that they are all videoed by the committee. If you read closely, the “dispute” is that Rudy wants to record his own video, because the committee obviously isn’t going to give him a copy he can do whatever he wants with.
Is anyone SURPRISED? He wanted to be videotaped so he could accuse the committee of manipulating it and he is a VICTIM! It’s the Trumpian way. They do not care about ‘truth’ or anything remotely legal. It is about them and their buddies and how they want the world to be.
I like the sound of that.
From star US Attorney prosecutor…
…to America’s Mayor…
…to Trump door-mat…
…to election liar-denier…
…to court-farter-extraordinaire…
…to insurrection co-conspirator…
…to civil-suit defendant…
…to ex-lawyer…
…to fourth-rate, destitute, weasel…
Has anyone fallen farther than this sweaty, shoe-polished miscreant?
I believe he started as a third rate weasel.
The pace of all this is ponderous, but deliberate. It was just two days ago that the DOJ charged and immediately obtained a guilty plea for seditious conspiracy (!!!) against a heretofore unknown Oath Keeper who witnessed Elmer Rhodes calling an unnamed person on speakerphone and demanding to talk to Fat Donnie himself. That’s tremendously remarkable, and a clear indication that Trump is not off limits.
ETA: I mean. that is not a detail that was in any way necessary to the charge against the defendant. But it was deliberately included in the statement of offense to which he pleaded guilty. It’s the kind of detail that gets included to lock down the defendant’s testimony. He can’t take it back now or he’s liable for perjury. This detail 100% will be relevant to someone else’s future criminal charges.
That the midterms are coming up is pretty much beside the point for DOJ. They are not going to rush anything for political considerations, lest they end up looking as foolish as John Durham. As to the timing of the J6 committee, they’re fully committed to presenting their findings ahead of the elections. I have no doubt it’s going to happen starting next month.
There was a report yesterday that DOJ lawyers attended some witness’s committee interview recently and objected to a bunch of questions on the basis that it would undermine pending criminal investigation. The sourcing clearly came from the committee, which was frustrated they couldn’t get the answers they sought. That’s understandable, but it also means that (i) the committee knew enough to ask the right questions, and (ii) DOJ knows enough to make the right objections. They both know the truth, whatever it is.
As to contempt charges, Bannon goes on trial next month, IIRC. And remember, they’re only misdemeanors. The Meadows, Scavino, and Navarro referrals all present executive privilege issues that Bannon did not, and all three of those assholes are legitimate targets of much more serious criminal prosecution and/or turning state’s evidence. Charging them now means they get a bunch of discovery that would likely disturb far more pressing matters, both for them and for Fat Boy and his lickspittles.
It sucks to caution patience, but I caution patience on these matters.
"…which was never an agreed-upon condition.”
The real reason rudesy balked: no open bar.
If I’m talkin’, I’m not buyin’.
I usually forego the “Are you currently wasted?” preliminary questions, but I would definitely spend 5-10 minutes on that line of inquiry at the outset of Rudy’s deposition.
