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UCmeNdc

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:33 AM Jan 2019

Former prosecutor explains what Giuliani may be trying to do -- and why it would be devastatingly bad

On MSNBC’s “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirshner explained how Giuliani may be using a legal concept known as “drawing the sting.”

“It doesn’t make a lot of tactical sense, Lawrence, but, you know, I think what Giuliani is, perhaps, trying to do is what we call draw the sting,” Kirshner said.

“Every prosecutor knows that when you stand up and give an opening statement, you want to certainly highlight all the incriminating evidence that makes it seem beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime, but even more importantly, you want to draw the sting of any really bad evidence that cuts against your theory of the prosecution,” he explained.

“So it’s really tough to figure out the tactical wisdom behind Giuliani’s choices, but, perhaps, it is to try to draw the sting from some really damaging information that would be coming to all of our attention fairly soon,” he concluded.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/former-prosecutor-explains-giuliani-may-trying-devastatingly-bad-news-trump/

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Former prosecutor explains what Giuliani may be trying to do -- and why it would be devastatingly bad (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2019 OP
Occams Razor: Giuliani Is A Moron Cary Jan 2019 #1
This is totally Rudi's strategy jcgoldie Jan 2019 #2

jcgoldie

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2. This is totally Rudi's strategy
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:36 AM
Jan 2019

Around here we call it "moving the goalposts", but Giuliani repeatedly will drop some new shit about Trump in the days before something even worse hits the media. He intentionally deflates the shock value of very damaging stuff. He's a complete weasel, but there's a method to his actions he's not just going on television and repeatedly putting his foot in his mouth as we'd like to believe.

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