President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the American public had a “right to know” about Hillary Clinton even though the information came from Russians hacking into the Democratic National Committee’s computers during the 2016 elections.
“They shouldn’t have stolen it, but the American people were just given more information about how deceptive, how manipulative her campaign was,” Giuliani told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I wonder if there isn’t an argument that the people had a right to know that about Hillary Clinton.”
But NBC’s Chuck Todd pressed Giuliani, asking if it’s all right for political campaigns to use for their own benefit “materials stolen by foreign adversaries.”
“Well, it depends on the stolen material,” Giuliani responded.
The former New York City mayor went on to cite what Mueller wrote in his 448-page report released last Thursday by Attorney General William Barr.
“There was no evidence of collusion with the Russians by Trump or by anyone on the Trump campaign,” Giuliani said.
Todd said judging by the report’s accounting of numerous contacts between Trump campaign aides and Russian operatives that it appears they wanted to.
“Oh my goodness. If somebody on the campaign wanted to do something wrong – a lot of people on Hillary Clinton’s campaign wanted to do something wrong,” Giuliani said.
“We go right to the fact that did Trump or anyone from the Trump campaign participate in the dissemination of hacked materials? The answer is no. It had already been disseminated. So he is free, clear of allegations,” Giuliani said.
Todd questioned why as the president rails at Mueller he doesn’t appear to be angry at Moscow for interfering in the election and creating the impression that Trump’s victory was illegitimate.”
“Because they tried to frame him. Why wouldn’t you be angry at someone who tired to frame you for a crime and accuse you of treason when it’s absolutely untrue,” he said.