Yahoo EntertainmentRudy Giuliani Clowned for Saying He Can't Defend Trump in Impeachment Trial Because He's a 'Witness'
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Rudy Giuliani is Donald Trump's personal lawyer, but he revealed he won't be able to be part of the president's impeachment defense team.
On Sunday, Giuliani explained he's considered a "witness" due to the speech he personally gave leading up to the Capitol siege.
Rudy Giuliani now says he won’t on the Trump impeachment defense team. “Because I gave an earlier speech [at the January 6 Trump rally], I am a witness and therefore unable to participate in court or Senate chamber,” he tells me.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 18, 2021
"Because I gave an earlier speech [at the January 6 Trump rally], I am a witness and therefore unable to participate in court or Senate chamber," Giuliani said to ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Leading up to the illegal rampage at the United States Capitol building, Giuliani was part of the several speakers who urged the crowd to take matters into their own hands to "stop the steal." In fact, he insisted that the crowd of pro-Trump supporters spark a "trial by combat" to address the nonexistent voter fraud.
These actions make Giuliani's liberal use of "witness" the wrong term to label himself. In reality, he's more like Trump's codefendant and could possibly face legal repercussions for his actions.
#TrumpsNaziAdministrationWillPayForTheirCrimes
Giuliani is a soon to be charged co-conspirator not a witness...
🔒👴🏼🐁⬆️ pic.twitter.com/VE6eeVoflY— Brick 7 (@Brick715) January 18, 2021
Imagine going back in time six years and saying the sentence: “Rudy Giuliani cannot represent President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial because he is a material witness to the events surrounding the storming of the Capitol”https://t.co/gVhWsBDI4i
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 18, 2021
“Because I gave an earlier speech [at the January 6 rally before the Capitol riot], I am a WITNESS and therefore unable to participate in court or Senate chamber.”
- @RudyGiuliani.
You spelled ACCOMPLICE wrong, Rudy.— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) January 18, 2021
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani says tonight he can’t join the president’s impeachment defense team because he spoke at the rally where Trump incited the Capitol attack and essentially now has to recuse himself.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 18, 2021
Rudy misspelled CO-CONSPIRATOR. #Trump #impeach #RudyGiuliani https://t.co/XrS6NsQpGW
— Brutal Publicist (@BrutalPublicist) January 18, 2021
Also because of Giuliani's connection to the riots, it's likely his participation in the impeachment trials would solidify a guilty verdict.
Karl Rove says on Fox News that if Rudy Giuliani defends President Trump in his impeachment trial, there is a "strong likelihood" that Trump will be convicted.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 17, 2021
Rudy Giuliani is the man for the job. https://t.co/1G5L2ot8qt
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) January 17, 2021
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