The following article by Josh Israel was posted on the ThinkProgress website May 18, 2018:
President Trump’s lawyer said it was “really unfair” to be debunked by himself
Earlier this month, former New York City Mayor turned Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed that the president cannot be subpoenaed — a legal argument that flatly contradicted an argument he himself made in 1998 during the investigation of President Bill Clinton. On Friday, CNN’s Chris Cuomo asked him about the contradiction; he simply started shouting.
First, Cuomo asked him how he could make the claim that contradicted his earlier argument. “I never heard of a subpoena for the president’s person,” Giuliani argued. “Let’s distinguish between a subpoena for documents and a subpoena that takes the President out of the oval office and puts him in front of a grand jury or hearing. Can’t do it. Can’t do the second. You can’t do the first.” Continue reading “On CNN, Giuliani shouts over tape of 1998 interview exposing his hypocrisy”