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Giuliani rips ex-Trump official who criticized him | TheHill

posted onOctober 2, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE on Tuesday ripped former White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, accusing him of being “bitter” about his exit from the administration after the ex-aide admonished Giuliani’s role in pushing theories about Ukraine. In an interview with The Hill, Giuliani blasted Bossert for his comments on ABC’s “This Week” in which the former adviser blamed the president’s attorney for reinforcing a “debunked” theory about Ukraine’s role in 2016 election interference. “Tom Bossert’s not a lawyer. Tom Bossert wouldn’t know how to defend a bunny rabbit accused of going into a pumpkin patch,” said Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney. “And he completely embarrassed himself the other day when he announced that Biden had been cleared.” “He got kicked out of the White House and he’s bitter,” Giuliani added. “And he has some nerve questioning my legal strategy when he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.” Giuliani appeared to conflate Bossert’s criticism of the theory that Ukraine was involved in the 2016 election with his comments about Democratic presidential candidate MORE.  Bossert did not say on “This Week” that Biden was cleared of wrongdoing. Rather, he said he was “deeply disturbed” by MORE’s call urging the Ukrainian leader to look into Biden, but that it was unproven that there was any abuse of power. Bossert, who was Trump’s homeland security adviser until April 2018 when he was ousted amid a staff shuffle under then-national security adviser... Link to the full article to read more

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