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Rudy Giuliani for the Defense

President Trump’s lawyer has adopted a deny-nothing approach in which he argues no crimes have been committed.
Source: Charles Krupa / Associated Press

President Donald Trump likes to see his supporters loudly defending him on television, and since joining the team in April, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has delivered. He’s also made gaffes with memorable arguments such as “Truth isn’t truth” and, as The New York Times documented last, continued drumming up business with governments around the world that might see him as a shortcut to the president, whom he defends for free.

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