President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that there was “nothing wrong” with a campaign accepting help from Russia.
“There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” Giuliani told CNN host Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
“It depends on where it came from,” he added. “You’re assuming that the giving of information is a campaign contribution.”
Tapper pushed back on Giuliani’s claim, questioning whether Giuliani would accept information from Russians against a candidate if he were running for office.
“I probably wouldn’t. I wasn’t asked,” Giuliani responded. “I would have advised, just out of excess of caution, don’t do it.”
“But you’re saying there was nothing wrong with doing that,” Tapper interjected.
“There’s no crime,” Giuliani replied. “We’re going to get into morality? That isn’t what prosecutors look at — morality.”
“There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” Rudy Giuliani tells @jaketapper. #CNNSOTU https://t.co/2ikCEYXdVk pic.twitter.com/rCJ9shAdrM
— CNN (@CNN) April 21, 2019
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Giuliani claims there's "nothing wrong" with Trump campaign taking information from Russia https://t.co/bOG2DSLZeg pic.twitter.com/X0IJVwAhmJ
— The Hill (@thehill) April 21, 2019
Welcome to the new precedent for presidential campaigns, courtesy of @RudyGiuliani https://t.co/9kCM4SBMvm
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 21, 2019
Imma just say that the old prosecutor who became Mayor would have kicked this argument to the curb. https://t.co/zmU0PhdCa0
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 21, 2019
I have to sit through annual "insider threat" security briefings about people who say stuff like this. https://t.co/KbjII0kBiY
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 21, 2019
I once criticized Obama calling Putin from an empty Oval Office in his jeans. By the standards of the time, not so long ago, it *was* bad optics.
I didn't realize the New Normal would be for the President's lawyer to applaud a Russian attack and encourage them to do it again. https://t.co/xfkCzqOEbr— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 21, 2019
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