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You are here: Home / 2016 Campaign / Giuliani Walks Back Claim of Prep Meeting

Giuliani Walks Back Claim of Prep Meeting

July 30, 2018 at 1:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rudy Giuliani went on Fox News and explained that actually he was denying that the pre-planning meeting for the infamous Trump Tower meeting with the Russian lawyer took place.

Josh Marshall: “The walk back is just as convoluted as the original claims. So I’m going to just show you the video of what he said.”

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