Rudy can fail
by digby
CNN:
Trump's personal lawyer said his work for the President should be protected by attorney-client privilege.
"Ultimately, if I were to say yes and he were to say no, I can't testify," Giuliani said, adding that he has not talked to Trump about the possibility he would testify.
Giuliani said he has not heard from any of the three House committees investigating whether Trump acted improperly in his communications with the Ukrainians. Asked if he was concerned he would be subpoenaed by the House, Giuliani laughed.
"I consider them a joke. A sad joke. They have no legitimacy. I would think of challenging their subpoena on the grounds that they're not a legitimate committee," Giuliani said.
He has said that he was working as an emisary of the State Department not as the president's personal lawyer. And he also said this:
“It is impossible that the whistle-blower is a hero and I’m not. And I will be the hero! These morons — when this is over, I will be the hero. I’m not acting as a lawyer. I’m acting as someone who has devoted most of his life to straightening out government. Anything I did should be praised.”
Not that it matter, really. Giuliani will likely fight this and it will have to be litigated so I'd guess there will be no Giuliani hearing unless he and Trump think he can run circles around Schiff and the committee.
The media is saying that the Democrats are so gunshy after Lewandowski that they won't call him. That's ridiculous. The first half of the Judiciary Committee hearing was bad but the second half wasn't so they know what they need to do. Giuliani's a mess. He's all over the place and there is zero chance he will sit down and prepare.
After all, he'll be busy:
Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose actions as President Trump’s personal lawyer have helped set in motion an impeachment inquiry, is set to appear as a paid speaker at a Kremlin-backed conference in Armenia on Tuesday — an event expected to include the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials.
Giuliani confirmed to The Washington Post on Friday that he plans to take part in a panel at the conference sponsored by Russia and the Moscow-based Eurasian Economic Union, a trade alliance launched by Putin in 2014 as a counterweight to the European Union.
According to an agenda for the event posted online, Giuliani is set to participate in a panel led by Sergey Glazyev, a longtime Putin adviser who has been under U.S. sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine five years ago.
You cannot make this shit up.
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