- President Donald Trump has told assistants not to pay Rudy Giuliani because he is upset about him, reports The Washington Post and The New York Times have confirmed.
- Trump feels that allies did not stand up for him when Congress moves forward to accuse him for the second time.
- He also feels he was not defended after inciting a crowd that broke into and looted the Capitol, resulting in five deaths.
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President Donald Trump is now upset about personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and has instructed assistants not to pay his legal costs to him, reports The Washington Post and The New York Times have confirmed.
Trump was charged for the second time on Wednesday. The House of Representatives has brought forward an article of accusation for ‘incitement to rebellion’; it was approved 232-205 with ten Republicans voting in favor of the president’s accusation. The indictment is for Trump’s role in inciting a coup attempt at the US Capitol last week that left five people dead. It’s now going to the Senate for trial.
According to The Post and The Times, Trump has become increasingly isolated – some evacuees being evicted, while others are leaving the empty White House in the last week of the Trump administration.
Giuliani is one of the confidants whose relationship with the president has deteriorated.
According to the New York Times, White House officials began blocking Giuliani’s calls to Trump, and according to The Post, Trump said their assistants should not pay him.
Trump has been ‘offended’ by some of Giuliani’s actions, including the $ 20,000 request for his job fighting the election results, reports The Times. (A fee that Giuliani denied.) Trump also instructed principals that he would personally approve any refund to Giuliani for travel while contesting the election results, reports The Post.
Giuliani urged Trump to believe in the unfounded conspiracy theories about non-existent election fraud. Trump and Republican allies have failed to win one of the dozens of lawsuits they have filed in courts to block the outcome of the election.
Giuliani was also criticized for his remarks during the “Save America” march that preceded the siege of the Capitol.
The lawyer asked for a fight trial during the protest, but later claimed he was only referring to ‘Game of Thrones’ and did not ask for violence.
Many, including former assistant attorneys in the United States who worked with him, said they were appalled by his comments.
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A senior administration official told The Post that it was not only Giuliani who upset Trump, but also Vice President Mike Pence, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, economic adviser Larry Kudlow, national security adviser Robert O ‘Brien, and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows who he said did not defend after the recent events.
“The president is pretty equal,” the senior administration official told The Post. “Nobody’s out there.”