- Rudy Giuliani said he is working on defending President Donald Trump for his impeachment trial, according to ABC News.
- Giuliani said he plans to argue that the president did not incite violence because the unfounded allegations of electoral fraud are true – despite the fact that none of the allegations have been tried so far.
- He also said he would not object to Trump himself testifying during the Senate trial.
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Rudy Giuliani said he is working on defending President Donald Trump for his impeachment trial, according to ABC News.
Giuliani told ABC that he plans to argue that the president did not incite violence because the unfounded allegations of electoral fraud are true – despite the fact that many of the allegations have been debunked and none have been suspended in court.
“They basically claimed that anytime [Trump] it says that electoral fraud, electoral fraud – or me, or anyone else – is inciting violence; that these words are words of struggle because they are totally false, “Giuliani told ABC.” Well, if you can prove it to be true, or at least true enough to be a legitimate point of view, then they are no longer words of struggle. “
Giuliani and Trump have been spreading unfounded allegations of electoral and electoral fraud since the president lost the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden in November. The Trump campaign and Republican allies have initiated dozens of lawsuits based on such allegations, although none have been successful, with many dismissed for lack of relevant evidence.
The Justice Department and Trump’s allied attorney general, Bill Barr, also said in December that they found no evidence of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the election.
However, Giuliani and the president continued to spread these demands, including on January 6, the day of the attack on the United States Capitol that is at the heart of Trump’s impeachment.
In a bipartisan vote, Trump’s impeachment Chamber, for the second time, on charges of “inciting insurrection” for its role in the attack, and the Senate will soon pass a judgment and vote on whether to condemn or not.
Giuliani told ABC that he thinks Trump should first try to have the trial dismissed as “totally illegal”, in part because of the speed with which it was conducted.
He also said that it would not be “strongly against” that Trump himself testified during the trial, although the president’s lawyers were against it in his first impeachment.
Giuliani did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.
On the day of the Capitol attack, Trump spoke at a rally in DC and called on thousands of his supporters to march to the Capitol, saying “you will never have our country back with weakness.”
Giuliani also spoke to a crowd of Trump supporters that day and called for a “trial by combat”, just before the protesters invaded the Capitol. He later dismissed his comment as a reference to the “Games of Thrones”.
The crowd managed to breach the United States Capitol building, causing lawmakers to evacuate and leaving five dead, including a police officer.
The New York Times reported earlier this week that White House officials are angry with Giuliani and blame him not for one, but for both Trump impeachments.
Although the former mayor of New York appears to still be in Trump’s good graces, as Councilor Jason Miller tweeted Thursday the president said that Giuliani “is a great guy and a patriot who dedicated his services to the country!”
Giuliani was also seen at the White House on Saturday, ABC reported.