Exclusive: Trump ponders Rudy Giuliani for attorney general

Source: Axios | July 24, 2017 | Mike Allen

President Trump is so unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he has raised the possibility of bringing back Rudolph Giuliani to head the Justice Department, according to West Wing confidants.

  • In internal conversations, Trump has recently pondered the idea of nominating Giuliani, a stalwart of his campaign.
  • Even before last week’s blast at Sessions in a New York Times interview, Trump had expressed fury at Sessions — also one of the first prominent Republicans to back the Trump campaign — for recusing himself from the Russia investigation.
  • And in a Monday morning tweet, Trump referred to “our beleaguered A.G.” not investigating Hillary Clinton.

Our thought bubble: Trump often muses about possible personnel moves that he never makes, sometimes just to gauge the listener’s reaction. So the Giuliani balloon may go nowhere.

As Axios reported Saturday, Newt Gingrich — who also went all-in with the Trump campaign — may take a more visible, frequent role as a defender as Trump girds for battle with special counsel Bob Mueller.

Giuliani would have a tough time getting 50 Republicans senators to vote to confirm him. He was such an early and ardent Trump backer that he wouldn’t be seen as an independent guardian of the department in these tumultuous times.

In fact, the nomination could be seen as Trump throwing gasoline on a fire. And Giuliani’s stop-and-frisk police policy as New York mayor, and clients since then, also would be controversial with many senators.

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  • Consistent July 24, 2017 at 10:20 am #17614

    EVERYDAY July 24, 2017 at 11:47 am #17621

    And the revolving door continues to spin.

    Consistent July 24, 2017 at 2:57 pm #17628

    ConservativeGranny July 24, 2017 at 6:06 pm #17632

    Wooooo…is Trump going to be mad at Guiliani for saying that! I am guessing that was a message to Trump to look elsewhere. Guiliani would be nutty to take the job in the first place. And I agree that Trump often throws out stuff just to gauge reaction. He is very insecure and what people say about him bothers him a great deal. One of the reasons why he doesn’t sleep much. He can’t shut his mind down about criticism. Not a sign of a stable mind or healthy personality. This is probably the worst job for a person of that ilk.

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