WASHINGTON (PNN) - August 15, 2018 - Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani pointed blame for the entire Trump-Russia investigation being nothing more than the playbook devised by former CIA director John Brennan.
Giuliani claimed that Brennan was the “quarterback” when it came to the Trump-Russia investigation. Now he wants an independent counsel to “investigate the investigators”.
“I’m going to tell you who was the quarterback for all of this,” Giuliani said. “Strzok, he’s a bit of a puppet. Then there’s Mueller, he’s a puppet. The guy running it is Brennan; and he should be in front of a grand jury.”
Giuliani claims that Brennan used the debunked and Hillary Clinton-paid for fake dossier to then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.).
“That led to the request for the investigation,” Giuliani said. “So he takes a false dossier, he gets the senators involved, and a couple of Republican senators; and they demand an investigation. A totally phony investigation.
“Now why can’t we get an investigation when there are clear facts showing possible violations of the law?” Giuliani queried. “Even in the order appointing Mueller, which is completely illegitimate, they don’t point out any crime. You have to point out a crime under the independent counsel regulations. They don’t.”
“We have lots of crimes and we can’t get (Attorney General Jeff) Sessions to move and appoint an independent counsel,” he continued. “He’s recused from everything; and (Deputy Attorney General Rod) Rosenstein is too much involved in it. They’re possible witnesses.”
Let’s get something straight here. Sessions answers to President Donald Trump. So the fact that he continues to be of no effect in the matter should be grounds for removing him from office, and if you think that Trump isn’t doing that because he’s such a nice guy, then you aren’t paying attention. This is controlled opposition, plain and simple. Trump knows better. He’s had a year and a half to know better.
Host Sean Hannity pointed out that Rosenstein signed the final FISA warrant to surveil former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page.
“That’s why he’s a possible witness,” Giuliani responded. “Independent counsel to investigate the investigators.”
Giuliani claims that the dossier was nothing more than a “cut and paste job by a down and out ex-spy who hated Trump and was paid by Hillary Clinton and the (Democrat National Committee) DNC.”
In commenting on the fact that Trump’s DOJ is hiding affidavits that were based on the dossier to obtain FISA warrants to spy on Carter Page, Giuliani said, “Well, my goodness, here are the things we need to know. Was the fact that Hillary Clinton and DNC - the people who paid for this - was that pointed out to the judge? Because if it wasn’t you’ve got a glaring omission.”
“Was it pointed out during the course of this that Steele was fired by the FBI?” Giuliani asked, even though the FBI continued its relationship with Steele after allegedly cutting it off. “Were problems in his background exposed to the judge? I mean, when you present this guy, was he presented as a fully reliable informant or were the questions - you have to do that in an affidavit. I wrote many of these affidavits.”
“So here’s the point,” Giuliani said. “Strzok created a false document. When we say is there any evidence that his bias led to action that he took against Trump? Yes. He perjured himself in the affidavit in order to start his insurance policy investigation.”
“They were hoping they could do something with that before the election, but they ran into the same problem Mueller runs into,” he concluded. “The president didn’t do anything wrong. They couldn’t find any evidence. They struck out.”
So why are we continuing to hear about this drama at our expense? It’s totally for political theater and to drive voters to the booths during midterms, because it’s certainly not to bring about resolve or justice. Otherwise, it is simply a waste of time and money. Thanks for the update Rudy.
