What's Rudy's government position on this? As far as I know, he's merely the presient's personal attorney and TV carnival hawk.
“I’m here as a private citizen, and it’s my first time in Armenia,” Giuliani said. “I am not here in my capacity as a private lawyer to President Trump.”
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The 74-year old Trump defense attorney spoke Tuesday in Yerevan at the International Forum of Eurasian Partnership, a conference aimed at promoting the Eurasian Economic Union – the Russia-organized economic bloc.
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Joining Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, was Sergey Glazyev, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin who was sanctioned in March 2014 for his role in the annexation of Crimea.
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Giuliani was invited to the event by Russian-Armenian multimillionaire Ara Abramyan, who heads the Union of Armenians of Russia, according to a local press report. Abramyan, an UNESCO goodwill ambassador, was awarded an order “For merit to the fatherland” by Putin at the Kremlin last year.
TPM
Also...
Well, no shit.Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump in the Russia probe, told Reuters he had spoken with Manafort's lawyer, Kevin Downing, as recently as last week. Manafort pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to violating foreign lobbying laws and trying to obstruct justice. He was convicted at trial in another case in August.
Giuliani said the conversations were occurring under a so-called joint defense agreement, which allows lawyers who represent different clients to exchange information without violating attorney-client privilege.
Legal experts said it was unusual for such an agreement to remain in effect after a person pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with prosecutors as Manafort has done.
NewsMax
And in this case, that common interest may be to keep Trump from prosecution and able to grant Manafort a pardon, no?Giuliani said his conversations with Downing had been limited to areas that affect Trump.
"If he wants to communicate information, Manafort, he's allowed to do that," Giuliani said. "There's nothing that stops him from doing that. All I'm interested in is: Is there anything we need to know with regard to us?"
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New York lawyer Harry Sandick, a former federal prosecutor, said there are some cases in which a joint defense agreement can survive a cooperation agreement, such as if Manafort is providing information about people other than Trump.
"In general, you can only have a joint defense agreement where there is a common interest between two people in defeating a prosecution," Sandick said.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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