STORMY DANIELS SAGA & ROBERT MUELLER DRAMA WILL NOT IMPEACH TRUMP (FAKE NEWS)

STORMY DANIELS SAGA & ROBERT MUELLER DRAMA WILL NOT IMPEACH TRUMP (FAKE NEWS):

DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING TO IMPEACH TRUMP WITH DANIELS & MUELLER MESS BUT IT’S FUTILE.

TRUMP IS NOT A POLITICIAN. HE’S A POWERFUL NY BUSINESSMAN WITH MANY GREAT CONNECTIONS.

STORMY DANIELS WAS NOT RAPED AND SHE IS NOT A SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM.

HIRING GIULIANI IS A STRATEGY TO STOP THE BLEEDING YET FORCES DEMS TO REVEAL THEIR IMPEACHMENT STRATEGY.

TRUMP’S STRATEGY OF MAKING DEMS REVEAL ALL THEIR FUTURE PLANS AGAINST HIM IS WORKING.

IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO REGAIN POWER THEY NEED TO FIND AN AMAZING CANDIDATE FOR 2020.

DEMOCRATS STOP WASTING TIME WITH FAKE NEWS MESS AND PREPARE FOR 2020.

REAL VOTERS DON’T CARE ABOUT FAKE NEWS MESS.

DEMS SHOULD FIND A GOOD CANDIDATE & DEVELOP HIM OR HER INTO A GREAT CANDIDATE LIKE OBAMA.

NEITHER CORY BOOKER, NOR KAMALA HARRIS STAND A CHANCE AGAINST TRUMP.

MAYBE ANDREW CUOMO OR KIRSTEN GILIBRAND BUT THAT’S IT.

I REPEAT.

TRUMP IS NOT A POLITICIAN. HE’S A POWERFUL NY BUSINESSMAN WITH MANY GREAT CONNECTIONS.

STORMY DANIELS SAGA & ROBERT MUELLER DRAMA WILL NOT IMPEACH TRUMP.

TRUMP IS MAKING DEMOCRATS LOOK FOOLISH AND THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE TO GOP AGAIN IN 2020.

BECAUSE OF WASTING ENERGY ON FAKE NEW MESS.

REAL VOTERS DON’T CARE ABOUT FAKE NEWS MESS.


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***** Meet the 7 Lawyers Advising Trump on Robert Mueller and Stormy Daniels


President Donald Trump is shaking up his legal team, again.

As negotiations continue with special counsel Robert Mueller on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the president has added a new lawyer and is considering making other changes.

The newest addition to the legal team has garnered attention for burnishing Trump on cable TV. Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova previously argued on Fox News that the Russia investigation was part of a “brazen plot” by FBI and Department of Justice staffers to frame Trump.

Trump’s legal team also reached out in recent days to noted D.C. powerhouse Ted Olson, solicitor general under President George W. Bush, but he declined within hours of the news becoming public. Trump is also reportedly in discussions with Emmett Flood, a veteran D.C. lawyer who worked with Bill Clinton during the impeachment.

The news contradicts Trump’s tweet on the subject earlier this month, in which he declared that he was not seeking to change his legal representation.

The Russia probe is not the only matter on which Trump is getting legal advice.

The president’s private lawyers are also currently working through separate lawsuits:

They are suing porn star Stormy Daniels for violating a hush agreement about her alleged affair with the president, while also defending Trump in a defamation lawsuit for calling former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos a liar after she accused Trump of sexual assault.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal is also suing the parent company of the National Enquirer, whose chief executive is friendly with Trump, seeking to be released from a legal agreement that bars her from speaking about an alleged affair with the president as well. Trump’s lawyers are not involved in that case.

~ Here’s a look at the lawyers representing Trump in the various matters.

~ Don McGahn

McGahn is the current White House counsel, the top lawyer tasked with advising the president on legal issues about policies and legislation. But McGahn has been at the center of controversies over Trump’s challenged travel ban, executive orders and the scandal surrounding former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s tenure in the White House, and Trump at one point handed off responsibility of Russia-related issues to his personal attorney. Before becoming White House counsel, McGahn was Trump’s lawyer on the campaign, and he previously served as a commissioner with the Federal Election Commission. McGahn reportedly threatened to quit when Trump asked him in 2017 to fire Mueller, and the president backed down.

~ Ty Cobb

A former federal prosecutor and a white-collar defense lawyer at the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., Cobb was at one point in charge of overseeing the legal strategy and media response to investigations into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. Trump has reportedly considered firing Cobb, who repeatedly said during 2017 that the Russia investigation would be finishing soon and encouraged the president to cooperate with Mueller. In September, Cobb was overheard by a reporter talking openly at a Washington restaurant about the investigation.

~ John Dowd

A noted white collar defense attorney in Washington, Dowd joined Trump’s legal team in June. He argued in December that a president cannot obstruct justice, a controversial legal theory that many experts disagree with. And in March, he told a reporter that he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will shut down the Russia investigation, a break from Cobb’s talk of cooperating with Mueller. The remark led to questions about whether the president’s legal strategy on the Russia investigation was moving to a more aggressive stance.

~ Michael Cohen

Cohen is a personal lawyer, spokesperson and close confidant of Trump’s. He’s been working for Trump for years, closely enough that he has hired his own lawyer to help him with the Russia probe. He’s known as a particularly aggressive advocate on Trump’s behalf, Trump’s “pit bull or consigliere,” as ABC puts it, for threatening legal action against critics, yelling at reporters and vigorously defending his boss on Twitter.

~ Jay Sekulow

Sekulow is on Trump’s personal legal team advising him on Russia issues, and one of the lawyers who often appears in television hits. On Sunday on ABC, Sekulow said of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian meeting, “Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in.” The Secret Service responded and said it did not vet the meeting. Sekulow is Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law & Justice and hosts his own talk show, and before joining Trump’s team he had spent his legal career representing conservative groups.

~ Joseph diGenova

Trump added Joseph diGenova, a Washington lawyer and former U.S. attorney, to his legal team in March. Two months earlier, diGenova had gone on Fox News and endorsed the conspiracy theory that the FBI and Justice Department framed Trump. “There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn’t win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime,” he said. “Make no mistake about it: A group of F.B.I. and D.O.J. people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime.” It also emerged that during the investigation of President Bill Clinton in 1997, diGenova published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that sitting presidents can be indicted, a legal question that may take on new relevance under Mueller’s investigation.

~ Marc Kasowitz

Trump’s personal attorney, Kasowitz has represented Trump for years, including in divorces, bankruptcy cases and the sexual misconduct allegations that surfaced during the presidential campaign. He’s known for a fiery temper—in an email outburst published by ProPublica, Kasowitz told an unidentified person, “”F–k you… And you don’t know me, but I will know you. How dare you send me an email like that. I’m on you now. You are f–king with me now. Let’s see who you are. Watch your back b—h.” Kasowitz then reportedly left Trump’s legal team, but he has recently been working with Trump on the Zervos lawsuit.

GIULIANI vs TRUMP’s LEGAL CHALLENGES – "WE WILL BE OK” (MUELLER, RUSSIA, DANIELS)

GIULIANI vs TRUMP’s LEGAL CHALLENGES – "WE WILL BE OK” (MUELLER, RUSSIA, DANIELS):

CAN GIULIANI STOP THE BLEEDING SO TRUMP CAN EFFECTIVELY LEAD?

STAY TUNED.


Post Sources: Fox News, USA Today, Youtube


**** Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says 'we're going to be OK' on legal challenges


President Trump's new lawyer has been busy,but is optimistic that legal challenges ranging from Stormy Daniels to the Russia investigation will be resolved in the president's favor.

"I have sort of a special relationship with the president," Giuliani told USA TODAY in a brief interview. "It's going to take some time, but I think we're going to be OK."

Giuliani disputed claims that a $130,000 payment to Daniels, an adult film star who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump, amounts to a campaign finance violation.

A day after disclosing that Trump had repaid Cohen for a $130,000 non-disclosure agreement with Daniels — and hours after Trump confirmed it via Twitter — Giuliani said the money had nothing to do with the 2016 campaign, even though the original payment came just days before the election.

"No one ever thought of it as a campaign contribution," Giuliani said. "It was a personnel settlement."

Trump's admission changes the story he gave reporters in April, when he said he knew nothing about the payment to Daniels and suggested they ask Cohen about it.

During a media blitz of recent days, Giuliani said Cohen paid the original amount in October 2016, and Trump did not know about it;
Trump gradually repaid Cohen in installments as part of his lawyer's retainer, but did not what the money was for; only recently did Trump learn that those payments were for Daniels' settlement, said Giuliani and other administration officials.

The former New York City mayor is also negotiating possible Trump testimony before Mueller, though he has said he is not sure that will happen.

The Trump legal team is demanding testimony of no more than two to three hours, with limited topics.

They are concerned that some Mueller prosecutors may want to entrap the president as part of investigations into obstruction of justice and Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Giuliani said he's been thrown "a couple of curve balls, but we've been hitting them."

GIULIANI WON'T BE TRUMP'S ATTORNEY GENERAL (CHRISTIE, SANTORUM, SESSIONS??)

GIULIANI WON'T BE TRUMP'S ATTORNEY GENERAL:

WILL IT BE CHRISTIE, SANTORUM OR SESSIONS??


Sources: Fox News, CNN, YouTube


****** Rudy Giuliani out of contention for Cabinet


Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has removed his name from consideration for a position in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the transition team announced Friday.

Giuliani, who is currently a vice chairman on the presidential transition team, had been rumored to be in consideration for secretary of state.

"My desire to be in the Cabinet was great but it wasn't that great and he had a lot of terrific candidates and I thought I could play a better role being on the outside and continuing to be his close friend and adviser," Giuliani told Fox News' Neil Cavuto.

Trump met with Giuliani on Nov. 29., when the matter was discussed. He confirmed to Fox News that he had only been interested in being secretary of state.

"Honestly, the other positions I didn't have an interest in, so that really was the only one I had any real interest in," he told Cavuto.

Giuliani said he now intends to continue his work in the private sector. He also warned against the selection of Mitt Romney for the position, saying the former Massachusetts governor had "gone over the line" in previous criticisms he made about Trump.

"I will support [Trump's] decision, but my advice would be that Mitt went a little too far. You can make friends and make up but I would not see him as a candidate for the Cabinet," Giuliani told Cavuto.

Trump praised Giuliani in a statement, calling him “an extraordinarily talented and patriotic American.”

"He is and continues to be a close personal friend, and as appropriate, I will call upon him for advice and can see an important place for him in the administration at a later date."

Reince Priebus, tapped to be Trump’s chief of staff, said that Giuliani was “was vetted by our team for any possible conflicts and passed with flying colors."

Arianna Huffington vs Rudy Giuliani: They Spar On "Morning Joe" Over His Record

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Arianna, Giuliani Spar Over His Record


Arianna Huffington sparred with Rudy Giuliani on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today over his endorsement of Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio over Charlie Crist in Florida's Republican Senate primary. Arianna noted that Giuliani's judgment in people "has not been stellar," a relevant factor when people are considering how much weight to give his endorsement of Rubio.

There's all this talk, that we've just heard from the mayor [Giuliani], about the takeover of government by Obama and his administration, which is so over the top, with the greatest respect, Mr. Mayor. And also, your judgment in people has not been stellar -- Bernard Kerik, anybody? So the fact that you're supporting Rubio now, I don't know exactly how seriously we should take it.

Kerik was one of Giuliani's closest allies, who went from being the mayor's bodyguard to New York's police commissioner. He later took a lucrative position at Giuliani Partners, leaving to take a job training the Iraqi police force soon after the U.S. invasion.

He failed miserably.

Despite this failure (the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq called Kerik's tenure "a waste of time and effort"), Giuliani successfully lobbied the Bush administration to nominate Kerik as Director of Homeland Security.

Kerik ultimately withdrew his nomination, unable to survive the vetting process. He was recently sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to eight felonies charges, including tax fraud and lying to White House officials.

Giuliani defended himself by touting his record of cleaning up New York City as mayor, and saying that Kerik was just a small part of his overall reputation. Arianna responded:

That's not either/or. You are not judging the mayor's entire history. We're talking about something very important, something very specific. And we're talking also about this knee-jerk attempt to criticize the administration on everything, especially the position of the president on terrorism from a man who said you don't know if waterboarding is torture. I don't know if you still hold that position.


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Giuliani Recalls 9-11 Attacks; Says Obama's Response Too Slow

Giuliani: Obama Needs Major Correction On Terror Response

Echoing other high profile conservatives in the wake of the attempted Christmas Day terrorism attack, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN Wednesday President Obama waited far too long to react to the botched bombing and needs to make a "major correction" in the way he is dealing with terrorism.

Speaking on CNN's Larry King Live, Giuliani said the time it took the president to react to the attempted attack may "convince our enemies we are not ready."

President Obama first addressed the issue from his vacation spot in Hawaii three days after the attempted attack, calling for a complete review of the incident and the country's airline security policies. He then gave a public assessment of those reviews in a statement Tuesday, saying they had uncovered that "U.S. intelligence had uncovered numerous "red flags" prior to the attack."

"All this is ten days too late," Giuliani said. "This something you react to immediately. Not after your vacation. The president of the United States, when there is a potential massive attack on the country, should have been on top of it immediately."

Giuliani, who late last month announced he would not run for either governor or senator in New York this year, also faulted the administration for not classifying the bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as an enemy combatant.

"The minute you [don't designate him an enemy combatant], you cut off the ability to question him," Giuliani said. "I don't know the inside story. He was talking until he went out and got him a lawyer. You want to talk to this guy for a month. You want to keep him for a month or two get to get you a the intelligence he is going give you."

Giuliani's comments closely echo those of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who released a statement saying the president is pretending there is not a war on terrorism.

Speaking to Larry King, Giuliani defended Cheney's criticisms, though said he disagreed with some of them.

"Nobody was concerned about that when everybody criticized President Bush day in and day out including testimonies calling him names when he was trying to prosecute the war in Iraq, and Vice President Cheney is entitled to his view."



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Giuliani's Camp Dismisses NY Senate Run Rumors...Smoke Screen

Giuliani for Senate?



The New York Daily News is reporting that Rudy Giuliani is planning to run for the Senate, and is preparing an announcement within the next 48 hours.

I’ve heard similar buzz from several New York GOP sources since news broke that the former New York City mayor wasn’t running for governor, but news of Giuliani’s interest in running for the Senate came as a total surprise to Republican Senate campaign officials in Washington.

The Daily News reports that he’d only seek the seat to fill the final two years of Hillary Clinton’s term, and would then use the experience to prepare for a 2012 presidential campaign. The New York Post, however, reports today that a close Giuliani adviser "nixed" the idea of the former NYC mayor running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who spoke at length with Giuliani after a campaign fundraiser last night, told POLITICO that he had no inside information about Giuliani’s political future, but did think it would make sense for him to pursue the Senate race.

“It makes sense for Rudy to run for Senate, because these are the issues he’s been focusing on -- international issues, national security. He really has a lot to say. On the other hand, Rudy’s background is as an executive,” King said.

"I can see him wanting to run for president again, and doing the Senate race would position him well for that.... the Senate would be a great opportunity to keep him in the public eye -- keep him in the national attention more, rather than in the narrow prism of the governorship.”

UPDATE: Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella dismissed reports about Giuliani's political future: "When Mayor Giuliani makes a decision about serving in public office, he will inform New Yorkers on his own."



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Sources: Politico, The Daily Beast, Google Maps

Giuliani Wants Hillary's Old Senate Seat...Next Stop Oval Office

Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate; If elected may aim for White House in 2012


Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next year - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.

A source familiar with Giuliani's thinking said the failed presidential candidate has been telling people he plans to run against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010 to fill out the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton's term.

If elected, the source said, he could use that as a stepping stone to run for President in 2012 - rather than run for re-election to the Senate.

A Giuliani spokeswoman downplayed the reports. "Rudy has a history of making up his own mind and has no problem speaking it," she said. "When Mayor Giuliani makes a decision about serving in public office, he will inform New Yorkers on his own."

His absence from the governor's race would be a boon -- and a bow -- to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is considering a run for the office.

Gov. Paterson, who trails Cuomo by up to points in a hypothetical matchup in some polls, insists he is running, even though the White House has pointedly told him President Obama would "prefer" he didn't.

Former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari, a close Giuliani pal, said the former mayor had been privately sharing doubts with him for months about running for governor.

"What he said to me is that he doesn't think he's going to do it," Molinari told The News about an early November conversation with the former mayor.

"It just didn't make any sense to him." Molinari said the ongoing circus in the state Senate, combined with Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver's iron grip on Assembly matters, had convinced Giuliani that a Republican governor would have little ability to get things done quickly in Albany.

"The big drawback for him was -- could I really be effective?" Molinari said.

"He saw too many hang-ups there. He's not running for the title, that's for sure." Molinari said he favors the idea of Giuliani running for U.S. Senate. "Some of us, including myself, feel like that would be a better fit because he could use his talents there almost immediately," Molinari said.

"You get the sense that he'd be a major player [in the U.S. Senate] from day one."



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Sources: The Daily Beast, NY Daily News, Google Maps