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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 02:48 PM Oct 2019

Giuliani says he won't comply with a congressional subpoena

Source: ABC

President Donald's Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani told ABC News on Tuesday he is not complying with a congressional subpoena.

Giuliani tells ABC News “if they enforce it then we will see what happens.”

Giuliani went on to tell ABC News he is no longer retaining the services of Jon Sale, who was acting as his attorney for this matter. Giuliani says that if Congress seeks to enforce a subpoena then he will retain counsel.

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/giukiani-comply-congressional-subpoena/story?id=66293635&cid=social_twitter_abcn



His lawyer probably told him that he would be out if Rudy was going to blow off any subpoena.
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Giuliani says he won't comply with a congressional subpoena (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP
Wouldn't you snowybirdie Oct 2019 #1
can't wait SterlingPound Oct 2019 #3
I'd love to see him prosecuted by SDNY Sanity Claws Oct 2019 #4
Rudy had better be concerned about SDNY. If i was him i wouldn't appear in Congress either. dem4decades Oct 2019 #2
I'm shocked happybird Oct 2019 #5
+1 progressoid Oct 2019 #15
No one speaks for me! dchill Oct 2019 #27
Agree, it's no accident his lawyer high-tailed it. Mike 03 Oct 2019 #6
I might be wrong, but something smells of immediate arrest. Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #7
Here's to hoping for a Rudy Frogmarch TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #12
This old phrase comes to mind ... aggiesal Oct 2019 #19
Time to duust off the old Contempt of Congress arrest! See how udy likes being on the napi21 Oct 2019 #8
The Sgt-At-Arms is gonna have to take a number... Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #9
Check Out "The Weekly" on Hulu NonPC Oct 2019 #10
Interesting, reminiscent of Trump's rage toward Obama stemming from the correspondent's Cognitive_Resonance Oct 2019 #24
One wonders what his response would have been back in his NY prosecutor days LiberalLovinLug Oct 2019 #11
They should hold him in contempt and lock his ghoulish ass up. Vinca Oct 2019 #13
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that Rudy refuses to appear! Canoe52 Oct 2019 #14
Disbar this scofflaw C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #16
Mr. Mayor, Mr. former Ass't AG or some such? bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #17
Now we know why Rudy's lawyer just quit. TeamPooka Oct 2019 #18
Ethics charges should be filed with where he's registered with the bar then cstanleytech Oct 2019 #20
"His lawyer probably told him that he would be out" BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #21
He does need to hire a criminal attorney. He's a criminal. LuckyLib Oct 2019 #37
Seems to slowly be dawning on him too. BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #39
Not if, when cp Oct 2019 #22
Giuliani: "if they enforce it then we will see what happens." --- Is that a dare?? NurseJackie Oct 2019 #23
He can use the same hat he has worn for years (My Ass Got Arrested) Scalded Nun Oct 2019 #25
Throw the him in jail. LOCK HIM UP. usaf-vet Oct 2019 #26
For that he should be disbarred still_one Oct 2019 #28
Everything is collasping around this scumbag, as it should. Maybe now he'll watch his stupid... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #29
Chickenshit Rudy Colludy Needs to HIDE like Cha Oct 2019 #30
I think of all the Trump toadies I understand Giuliani the least... Baconator Oct 2019 #31
He drank the trump koolaid. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #38
oh, he's such a big, bad gangsta "if they enforce it then we will see what happens." yaesu Oct 2019 #32
A defendant doesn't have to testify Roy Rolling Oct 2019 #33
Please lock this a-hole up. I know he'll sue and be out in no time kacekwl Oct 2019 #34
Lock him up then Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #35
He cannot refuse. He can however, plead the fifth. On camera. Over and over again. McCamy Taylor Oct 2019 #36

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. Agree, it's no accident his lawyer high-tailed it.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 02:54 PM
Oct 2019

Giuliani is really playing with fire now: no lawyer, still doing interviews, snubbing subpoenas. He could face arrest on multiple fronts--SDNY and Congress.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
7. I might be wrong, but something smells of immediate arrest.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 02:56 PM
Oct 2019

Maybe this afternoon or tonight. Hope I'm not wrong!

TheRealNorth

(9,435 posts)
12. Here's to hoping for a Rudy Frogmarch
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:03 PM
Oct 2019

But even if Barr doesn't feel he can get away with blocking the arrest, he will probably spare Rudy from the spectacle. Plus Trump would not like the optics of his buddy Rudy in cuffs.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
8. Time to duust off the old Contempt of Congress arrest! See how udy likes being on the
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 02:59 PM
Oct 2019

other side of the cell door!

NonPC

(269 posts)
10. Check Out "The Weekly" on Hulu
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:02 PM
Oct 2019

In the latest episode, they do a bio of Giuliani -- starting with his appointment to SDNY. Biggest point that was made, was that it was BIDEN who stuck a pin in Rudy's 2008 Presidential run. JOE was the one who said in a speech about Rudy, -- "Every sentence he says has a noun, verb, and 9/11 in it". Rudy's bid immediately deflated. The show also made a point of saying that Rudy NEVER forgets a slight. So there you have it -- why Rudy has a hard on for Joe.

Cognitive_Resonance

(1,546 posts)
24. Interesting, reminiscent of Trump's rage toward Obama stemming from the correspondent's
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:49 PM
Oct 2019

dinner where Obama took some hard shots at Trump after enduring months of the birth certificate nonsense.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
11. One wonders what his response would have been back in his NY prosecutor days
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:03 PM
Oct 2019

If some mob gangster just declared that he wasn't going to comply with a subpoena.

bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
17. Mr. Mayor, Mr. former Ass't AG or some such?
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:15 PM
Oct 2019

I think the Wikipedia article on Rudy said he was known for selective prosecution in NY, dropped some cases. Gotta let your buddies off.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
20. Ethics charges should be filed with where he's registered with the bar then
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:32 PM
Oct 2019

refuses to answer a lawful subpoena by Congress.

BumRushDaShow

(127,261 posts)
21. "His lawyer probably told him that he would be out"
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:42 PM
Oct 2019

That's basically what the CNN article suggests although they only give Ghouliani's side of the argument since Sale refuses to comment -

Giuliani parting ways with attorney who was helping on impeachment matters

By Michael Warren and Evan Perez, CNN

Updated 2:31 PM ET, Tue October 15, 2019

(CNN) Rudy Giuliani is parting ways with the personal attorney who has represented him in matters related to the impeachment inquiry. Giuliani told CNN Tuesday that his current attorney, Jon Sale, will stop representing the former New York City mayor shortly.

Sale had been working for Giuliani after the House of Representatives subpoenaed Giuliani for documents related to the ongoing impeachment inquiry. The deadline for his response to the congressional subpoena is Tuesday. "Jon was helping me with assessing (the) congressional request. He will submit his letter and he will be finished with what I asked him to do," Giuliani said. Sale did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

People close to Giuliani are advising him to hire a criminal lawyer as questions linger about his connections to two of his associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Furman, who were indicted last week for campaign-finance violations. Giuliani, who is President Donald Trump's personal attorney, has been resisting that advice, according to those people. Giuliani did not directly answer whether he was looking to hire a new attorney for himself. "If they take me to court I would then have to get another lawyer," he told CNN.

Taking on a criminal attorney would likely cost Giuliani something close to $1 million, according to people in New York legal circles. That could be difficult for Giuliani, who admitted earlier this year that he had to take a $100,000 loan from another of Trump's lawyers Marc Mukasey as a result of his ongoing divorce proceedings, according to a report from Bloomberg.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/politics/rudy-giuliani-jon-sale-impeachment/index.html

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
23. Giuliani: "if they enforce it then we will see what happens." --- Is that a dare??
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 03:47 PM
Oct 2019
Giuliani tells ABC News “if they enforce it then we will see what happens.”
Is that a dare?? It sure sounds like one.

SWBTATTReg

(21,856 posts)
29. Everything is collasping around this scumbag, as it should. Maybe now he'll watch his stupid...
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 04:41 PM
Oct 2019

and ignorant comments and realize that no one is playing his stupid games.

Baconator

(1,459 posts)
31. I think of all the Trump toadies I understand Giuliani the least...
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 04:48 PM
Oct 2019

He would have gone down as "America's Mayor" and a bright point during a dark time and he just cashed that chip in for a footnote in the history books as a fucking bootlicking toadie.

I just can't comprehend...

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
38. He drank the trump koolaid.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:05 PM
Oct 2019

He thinks that because he's trump's lawyer, he can get away with anything, just like trump is getting away with everything. As in: If trumpie is above the law, then so must his attorney also be.

I think the ABA needs to pull his license. He has disgraced and betrayed the profession.

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
33. A defendant doesn't have to testify
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 05:38 PM
Oct 2019

He can take the 5th, and law enforcement doesn’t need the blessing of a suspected criminal. For anything.

Who is Rudy talking to? Fox News viewers of course.

kacekwl

(6,993 posts)
34. Please lock this a-hole up. I know he'll sue and be out in no time
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 05:47 PM
Oct 2019

but just the image of him led off to jail will make my week.

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