All hell is starting to break loose between President Donald Trump and Fox News as even Trump’s own propaganda network is calling on him to throw his lawyer Rudy Giuliani under the bus.
As impeachment continues to go badly for Trump and he faces criminal action against him once he’s out of office for trying to blackmail Ukraine into digging up dirt on former Vice-President Joe Biden, there has been increasing speculation that Trump will throw Giuliani to the wolves to save himself. After all, Giuliani did meet with Ukraine on Trump’s behalf to apply pressure.
In response, Giuliani warned Trump during an appearance on Fox News that if he goes down he has evidence against trump that will use to take his client down with him.
Despite the threat, Trump did back away from Giuliani a bit by claiming that he never sent him to Ukraine.
The saga continued on Sunday when Fox News host Steve Hilton urged Trump to dump Giuliani.
“It turns out that the former mayor’s own personal business interests are wrapped up in all this,” Hilton said. “To put it simply, he’s been trying to enrich himself on the back of his relationship with President Trump. And you know what? I’m just fed up with the lot of them. Rudy Giuliani was a great mayor and a great leader, but he has turned into an unmitigated — and now, it seems, unethical — disaster. It’s time to dump these toxic chumps.”
Here’s the video via Twitter:
Steve Hilton just called for the President to get rid of Rudy Giuliani pic.twitter.com/aZsr7fdVqX
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) December 2, 2019
With those strong words, it appears Fox News is prepping for Trump to betray Giuliani and is urging him to do it.
And that did not go down very well with Giuliani, who took to Twitter to throw a temper tantrum all while threatening to sue Hilton for alleged “libel.”
I have not taken a penny for representing my friend, President Trump. I am outraged that @SteveHiltonx reported that I was trying to pursue private business deals in Ukraine to “enrich” myself, when in reality I have made ZERO in Ukraine! Very lazy reporting!
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 2, 2019
Since representing Trump I have considered and turned down all deals in Ukraine, even those not presenting a conflict.
Lawyers tell me @SteveHiltonx is a wild card and I should sue him for libel.
He recklessly disregarded the truth!
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 2, 2019
If it wasn’t for me, @SteveHiltonx wouldn’t even be covering Burisma. He sure didn’t cover it for the THREE YEARS it was in front of his face. He should apologize for his maliciousness and thank me for the story!
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 2, 2019
It certainly sounds like Giuliani is freaking out about the possibility that Trump will pin the whole Ukraine scandal on him. Instead of whining, Giuliani should probably go ahead and release any evidence he has of Trump’s criminal actions. That’s the only way he would not go to prison. He has to know that Trump always betrays his associates, especially if it means saving himself. So he might as well strike first.
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