Lawrence O’Donnell took a better take a look at probably the most severe allegations in a brand new lawsuit filed towards Rudy Giuliani, the previous New York mayor and longtime henchman to Donald Trump.
It’s the declare that Giuliani informed Noelle Dunphy, a former aide now suing for alleged sexual coercion and different claims, that he may organize for pardons from Trump for $2 million, with himself and the then-president splitting the cash.
O’Donnell famous that Invoice Barr, who served as legal professional normal to Trump, gave a fairly lukewarm response when requested if he thought that was attainable.
“I’m skeptical about that, I don’t suppose Rudy Giuliani would do this, I hope he wouldn’t, however I don’t know,” Barr stated on Fox Information.
O’Donnell was shocked.
“I don’t know?” he stated. “William Barr is aware of Rudolph Giuliani nicely. William Barr is aware of Donald Trump nicely. And when requested if these two may have teamed as much as promote $2 million pardons and cut up the cash, William Barr’s reply is, ‘I don’t know.’”
O’Donnell stated some other legal professional normal not appointed by Trump or Richard Nixon would’ve given “a really, very robust reply.”
However Barr didn’t ― and O’Donnell discovered that extraordinarily telling, as he defined on “The Final Phrase” on Wednesday evening: