rudolph giuliani was a hired political gun working to advance donald trump s partisan electoral interests. - this scandal is a scandal of major proportions. now, was i - are you done now? - no, i m not done now? - because you haven t said anything. - no. - you can t just talk the whole time. - mueller, that july, testifies in a very clearly lackluster performance to congress. - the finding indicates that the president was not, uh. - trump not only felt this sense of exoneration, he also had this sense of vengeance. - i think robert mueller did a horrible job both today and with respect to the investigation. - he did nothing wrong and he wasn t involved in collusion, and he wasn t involved in obstruction. - and it s in this mindset, where that morning, trump picks up the phone for a call with president zelensky. - the president says, there s a lot
this throws a wrench into the interests of rudy giuliani. - that election creates a whole new dynamic that giuliani then tries to navigate and game out. - this is in fragile new government. obviously, recent events show that there is an external danger to ukraine that they cannot ignore. the dangle from rudy is, we could offer you a public show of support to get a meaningful investigation of hunter biden. - rudolph giuliani was not a diplomat. rudolph giuliani was not an ambassador. rudolph giuliani was not the secretary of state. rudolph giuliani was a hired political gun working to advance donald trump s partisan electoral interests. - this scandal is a scandal of major proportions. now, was i - are you done now? - no, i m not done now? - because you haven t said anything. - no. - you can t just talk the whole time.