Trump refuses to pay Giuliani for failed attempt to overturn election
In addition to blocking the payments owed to Giuliani, White House aides were also ordered not to field calls from him.
US President Donald Trump
is reportedly refusing to pay his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for his
work, which included an unsuccessful attempt to overturn the elections
results amid unfounded allegations, according to the Washington Post.The
newspaper report states that Trump directed his White House aides to
hold on to legal fees owed to Giuliani after a tiff materialized between
the two - a report then confirmed by The New York Times.
"The president is pretty wound up," a senior administration official told the Post. The Times
stated that in addition to blocking the payments owed to Giuliani,
White House aides were also ordered not to field calls from the former
New York mayor. The Times,
citing two unnamed White House officials, reported that the quarrel
began with Giuliani's appeal to be paid $20,000 a day for his
unsuccessful attempt to overturn election results in key states.Trump
is reportedly also upset with his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Vice
President Mike Pence and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany,
in addition to a few other White House senior staff members, for unnamed
reasons.
Trump's decision to
call for calm and his promise for a peaceful transition, in a video
last Thursday, came at the urging of senior aides, some arguing that he
could face removal from office or legal liability over his supporters'
storming of the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter said on
Friday.The House of Representatives on Wednesday made Trump the first US president to be impeached twice,
charging him with inciting an insurrection as lawmakers sought to
certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 election.Giuliani,
who told the crowd they should engage in "trial by combat," may lead
the impeachment defense, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing a source. He
has not responded to requests for comment.One
of the sources, an outside adviser to the White House, said Giuliani
was expected to play a lead role in any impeachment effort.
The other
source familiar with the situation said that Giuliani, a personal
attorney of the president, would likely provide the kind of
representation Trump wants.Giuliani
led the legal team that tried unsuccessfully to overturn Trump's
election defeat. It failed to produce any evidence of significant fraud
and lost dozens of court cases in key battleground states and at the
Supreme Court before Biden's victory was confirmed.Giuliani's
own reputation was battered during the often chaotic legal campaign. In
one news conference, brown dye dripped down his face as he laid out
false claims of election fraud, and he was ridiculed for another event
held in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania landscaping company next to a
sex shop.
The former mayor of
New York City did not respond to requests for comment on his role in a
possible impeachment trial, and the White House also declined to
comment.Democratic members
of the House of Representatives introduce an article of impeachment this
week, accusing Trump of inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the
US Capitol last Wednesday.The
House voted to impeach Trump, with several Republican representatives
voting in favor of the move, and he now faces a trial in the Senate.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has suggested that there would be no
Senate trial until after Trump leaves office.House
Majority Whip James Clyburn also said on CNN that lawmakers might wait
to send the impeachment article to the US Senate for a trial to give
Congress time to approve Biden’s Cabinet nominees and other agenda
items.Trump's choice of lawyers to defend him may be limited.
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Here is my take on a related situation over here in Israel [Typo error: "3 July 1919" should be "3 July 2019"]:
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/will-rami-greenberg-drown-in-his-own-fountain/
The Donald is a known crook in gesheft but I don't think he's ever fleeced a life long friend until now.
Clashes broke out yesterday in Jerusalem’s Haredi Mea Shearim neighborhood as police enforced lockdown, with dozens of yeshivas open in violation of virus restrictions.
Rocks & bags of trash were thrown at officers, who detained 7 people for violating public order.
In videos, residents are heard calling the cops “Nazis.” One clip showed an officer with yolk on his head after he was pelted with an egg.
A cop was also filmed kicking a Haredi child who stepped in front of him as he escorted a detainee.
The violence came as Haaretz reported dozens of yeshivas affiliated with hardline Haredi fringe groups opened yesterday in breach of lockdown. None of the yeshivas are known to have been fined or closed by police.
Most of the yeshivas that opened were in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, Ashdod, Elad & Modiin Illit.
Separately, video showed students singing & circle dancing at a national-religious yeshiva in West Bank settlement Beit El, in violation of lockdown.
Since lockdown began, dozens of Haredi yeshivas continue to operate, facing only minimal pushback. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s accused of turning a blind eye to violations, due to pressure from his Haredi coalition partners.
The vast majority of yeshivas violating lockdown are affiliated with extremists, such as the Jerusalem Peleg Faction, with mainstream Haredim largely adhering to govt guidelines. However, there's growing speculation adherence won't last much longer, given the importance Haredi leaders see in keeping yeshivas operating under almost any circumstance.
The Health Ministry official overseeing the virus among Haredim revealed last week the community recently accounted for 25+% of all new cases, even though it makes up about 10% of the total population.
Trump had a blow up against several insiders who didn't back his fight to the finish campaign. He's no longer on talking terms with them. They range from Kayleigh McEnany to even Jared Kushner, who has apparently skedaddled out of Washington.
All the way at the beginning of the Administration, UOJ had warned that with Trump's temperament, no one will last, "NOT EVEN KUSHNER"!
You heard it first from UOJ
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A genius zicharon.....:-)
In truth it was the globalist Chi-com-ocrats who committed massive election fraud and overturned the true election results, where Trump had won by substantial margins.
But Jewish Leftists such as UOJ continue their intellectually dishonest ranting in pathetic attempts to defend the international Democrat criminals who have staged a coup in the US.
Detailed reports on the massive election fraud that occurred in November 2020.
https://navarroreport.com/
UOJ is not a Leftist.
There are times when nothing is to be gained or the price is too high, by fighting. Yes the Democrats are thieving, lying scoundrels. But to fight them at this point when judges all the way up to SCOTUS are too intimidated to rule on the facts - because they know their families will be targeted - the only option left is civil war.
Rav Schach told Tzahal's Generals in Gulf War I that it makes sense to expend a small risk to eliminate a large risk. But because SCUD missile launchers were mobile, it would be suicide to send pilots all the way out there to blitz a needle in a haystack.
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