i would be more suspicious that jon sale, a former watergate prosecutor, said i see what s going on here and i m out of this but he does need a lawyer. you know the old saying, a lawyer who represents himself as giuliani says he is, has a fool for a client. michelle wine-banks, michelle goldberg, thank you both for joining us. okay. final countdown of our final special live recording of why is this happening? a reminder, it s happening monday october 21st in downtown los angeles. going to talk to adam mckay, director of the big short, vice. and author of one of my favorite books who wrote the american war. the great news is you can still get tickets. there are a few left. go to our website at msnbc.com/withpodtour. for a chance to win tickets you might want to check out our most recent with pod episode, plus this friday we ll be back in studio 6a here at 30 rock with a live studio audience. one of my guests is someone you haven t heard from in a while.
are are doing is illegitimate. this letter was sent to the congressional committees this afternoon by jon sale who is giuliani s now former attorney. giuliani is telling us that he has parted ways with jon sale. this part of the inquiry or this interaction with congress is over in his view. but we re talking to people close to rooulg and they re vising that he needs a real lawyer, an attorney who will handle this investigation that is ramping up in the southern district of new york and manhattan because there is some real legal problems he faces as a result of this investigation, jake. we re told that at this point giuliani said that he doesn t really see the need for an attorney. he believes he is protected because all of the work he was doing, he said in ukraine, was done at the behest of the president. jake. interesting legal argument. evan perez, thank you so much. a number of major developments in the house impeachment inquiry into president trump over just of the
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michael warren is with me now. michael, you have scoop. what is it? right, brooke. cnn reporting rudy giuliani is parting ways with his personal attorney shortly. jon sale. rudy giuliani telling cnn a few moments ago jon was helping me assessing the congressional requests, that subpoena request from giuliani the deadline today. giuliani continued, he, jon sale, my lawyer, will submit his letter and he will be finished with what i asked him to do. sale did not respond to multiple requests for comment here, but, brooke, one more thing. we should note people close to giuliani are advising him to get a criminal attorney as questions are lingering about these two associates of his. they were indicted last week. fruman and parnas. they re saying lawyer up and specifically get a criminal attorney. michael warren, thank you for
that john bolton said was akin to a drug deal because it was these guys sort of going rogue, creating their own u.s./ukraine policy separate from the traditional policy apparatuses and again pressing for dirt on the bidens. this just gives a look, brooke, how concerned everyone was in the administration, even before president trump got on the phone with president zelensky in july. i appreciate the full picture and what happened prior to july 25th. sara, thank you. now breaking news on rudy giuliani. the president s personal attorney, and the focus as sara pointed out of this ever-widening ukraine scandal. with me, a crime reporter and what do we now know about rudy giuliani? his current lawyer, had he hired to represent through the congressional process, through this impeachment process is not longer going to represent him. that lawyer jon sale says they re done. he did what rudy asked them to do and rudy says he s now done