FILE PHOTO: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the 2018 Iran Freedom Convention in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
After Paul Manafort was shipped off to jail, Rudy Giuliani said that Trump might clean up the Mueller investigation with pardons, which is witness tampering.
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In an interview with the New York Daily News, Giuliani said:
“When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons,” the former New York mayor told the Daily News.
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“I don’t understand the justification for putting him in jail,” Giuliani, 74, said. “You put a guy in jail if he’s trying to kill witnesses, not just talking to witnesses.”
By hinting at pardons Rudy Giuliani who is Trump’s TV mini-me was trying to keep Manafort, Michael Cohen, and other Trump witnesses quiet by suggesting that there is a presidential pardon in their future. Of course, for all of these witnesses and potentially Trump’s kids, a pardon may be worthless because they could be facing heaps of charges at the state level. It is now clear why Mueller has been cooperating with state Russia investigations.
Trump and Giuliani are trying to entice the silence of key federal witnesses, but it isn’t going to do them any good when the state charges arrive.
Trump and Giuliani are witness tampering, and the big question is what is Trump so afraid of Paul Manafort saying that he would have his lawyer hinting at pardons in the media. If Trump starts pardoning figures in the Russia scandal, he is going to be impeached. If Trump and his lawyer continue to tamper with witnesses, they are going to face their own legal issues. Trump is trying to buy the silence of witnesses. The President Of The United States is continuing to obstruct the Russia investigation, and if Democrats take back at least the House in November, impeachment will be in Trump’s future.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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