Chris Cuomo Dissects ‘Never Said No Collusion’ Interview: Giuliani’s ‘Not Being a Lawyer, He’s a PR Flak’
It’s been about a week now since Chris Cuomo‘s explosive interview with Rudy Giuliani, during which, the former New York City mayor-turned-lawyer for President Donald Trump said he “never said there was no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The CNN anchor was a special guest on The View Thursday morning, so he and the panel held a lengthy chat about what Giuliani’s comments mean for the president’s legal standing.
The conversation began with Cuomo summarizing the witness tampering allegations against Trump and Giuliani because they’ve supposedly threatened Michael Cohen into stepping back from his Congressional testimony. As Cuomo explained that impeachment and the criminality of the Trump-Cohen-Giuliani triangle is still an open question, he was eventually asked about recent indications that Team Trump is getting tired of Giuliani’s blundering media campaigns.
As the panel asked him to make sense of Giuliani’s comments, Cuomo said critics should remember that Giuliani isn’t really acting as Trump’s lawyer so much as a public relations operative. Cuomo explained that Giuliani isn’t coming up with legal strategies or holding negotiations with Robert Mueller, but he is trying to frame the national perspective on the Russia investigation.
“Giuliani is trying to spread as much doubt about as many things as possible, even if it means doing things that would make a lawyer blush,” Cuomo said. “He’s not being a lawyer. He’s being a PR flak…It explains why you should dismiss what he says as valid legal arguments. Just because he’s a lawyer doesn’t mean he’s not BSing you.”
When asked why bother interviewing people like Giuliani and Kellyanne Conway on his show, Cuomo answered “If the President of the United States believes that this person represents him and this is the best that he has to offer the American people, I want to expose that on my show.”
Watch above, via ABC.
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