Giuliani Tries To Distance Trump From The Kraken

Business Insider reports:

“Let me say definitively that Sidney Powell is not part of our legal team, she hasn’t been for five weeks,” Giuliani said in an appearance on the right-wing cable channel Newsmax.

“She is not a special counsel for the president, she does not speak for the president, nor does she speak for the administration. She speaks for herself.”

Despite this, President Trump himself has been meeting with her. On Sunday, reporters spotted her leaving the White House after pitching an executive order that would ostensibly allow the president to seize and examine voting machines.

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“Let me say definitely that Sidney Powell is not part of our legal team, she hasn’t been for 5 weeks, she is not a special counsel for the president, she does not speak for the president, nor does she speak for the administration. She speaks for herself.” — Rudy Giuliani pic.twitter.com/VUjQk1dtVl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 21, 2020

As Giuliani seeks to distance POTUS from Powell, it’s worth noting that she met with POTUS * again * briefly today in the Oval Office, per two people briefed https://t.co/EeKynP45GP

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 22, 2020

Giuliani can say all of this but I’ve spent the past four days on the phone to Trump aides and the consensus is that the president is listening to Sidney Powell more than just about anyone who is on his payroll, certainly more than his own White House Counsel. https://t.co/7oWtuZDtEQ

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 22, 2020