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When reached for comment, a State Department spokesperson said, "Mr. Giuliani is a private citizen and acts in a personal capacity as a lawyer for President Trump. He does not speak on behalf of the U.S. Government."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462761-giuliani-says-state-department-asked-him-to-take-call-from-ukrainian-official
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/24/1887619/-State-Department-threw-Rudy-Giuliani-under-a-bus-the-size-of-Ukraine-in-statement-on-Ukraine-meeting?utm_campaign=recent
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)Yall fixin to run out of buses!!! NOT KIDDING
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)The other night when he said that he went to Ukraine at the behest of the State Department. Who signed off on this? Where was Pompeo? His reputation is now o the line.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)on each other. It will be a pool of piranhas.
TheRealNorth
(9,497 posts)But who knows for sure - they are all fucking liars. My guess is they are all scrambling to try to get their story/alibi straight.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)just curious
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)...prohibits government employees or those paid with government funds from this activity and a federal law
( https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953 ) prohibits private citizens from the same.
Marcuse
(7,504 posts)Vinca
(50,300 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)Gothmog
(145,481 posts)Link to tweet
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tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)I think when this is all said and done, Giuliani will be left holding the bag. I just saw a clip of him on Faux news saying he has messages on his phone that the State Dept asked him to do whatever he was doing......
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)official until the state department called me
and asked me to do it"
dude literally held up his phone showing what
he claimed were calls from State Dept I mean
WTF IS GOING ON
Link to tweet