Yes, Rudy, You Might Actually Be an Idiot
Rudy Giuliani, a
former prosecutor, should be aware that his behavior this week is strikingly in
line with that of a co-conspirator. Caught
at the center of this week’s impeachment
inquiry announcement over the president’s efforts to extort Ukrainian officials in
exchange for help getting reelected, Giuliani certainly is not doing himself—or
his client, Donald Trump—any favors by speaking out.
Given the legal mess he’s helped to create—and the fact that
he makes things worse every time he opens his mouth—you’d think the former New
York City mayor would be more cautious about what he says and does. Nope.
The Washington Post
discovered that Giuliani was
scheduled to participate on Tuesday in a
two-day conference in Armenia
organized by the Eurasian Economic Union. The EEU was created
by Russian President Vladimir Putin to counter the European Union. Putin
himself is scheduled to attend.
Equally troubling, the panel Giuliani was supposed to
participate on, in a paid speaking engagement, will be moderated by Sergey
Glazyev, a Putin insider and possible successor who is under U.S. economic
sanctions because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Forget optics—this is just dumb.
And brazen.