(NOTICIAS YA) .- In October In 2016, the then lawyer for candidate Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, assured that they were preparing a “surprise” that would help the campaign. of the republican.
According to the Washington Post, the revelation sparked allegations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was giving them confidential information about the investigation into Trump’s rival Hillary Clinton in contention.
The announcement of the Clinton investigation, which found no crimes by the former Secretary of State, seriously affected the result of the Democrat as it was released two weeks before the voting.
Now, in a newly obtained transcript of a 2018 interview, Giuliani tells Justice Department agents that it is okay to make false statements during the political campaign two years before.
“There is no obligation to tell the truth“, Adds his then partner and advisor Marc Mukasey.
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So much Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, like other attorneys for the disgraced former president, face disciplinary action and possible legal sanctions. in relation to their unfounded accusations regarding the subsequent election, the of 2020, which Trump lost.
The 2018 interview had as objective to determine if FBI agents leaked classified information to Giuliani. In this regard, Mukasey considered that the standards for what is true are different when talking about legal issues than when talking about electoral politics.
“In the heat of a political campaign, on television, I do not say that Rudy necessarily, but everyone beautifies everything (what they say) ”, said the lawyer.
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The Former lawyer suggested in some interviews that he was receiving confidential information. However, little then he backed away.
Giuliani even assured that by saying “surprise” he really meant buying advertising time so that Trump could speak “directly” with Americans for a long time.
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El Washington Post destaca that lying to investigators at the Attorney General’s Office would be a crime. However, the The decision to pursue him is made by the Justice Department prosecutors, who usually decline do it.
According to the document, Giuliani argued that he would have learned the news through backstage gossip and innuendo of the television industry.
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