Speaking after the interview aired, CNN’s Don Lemon suggested there was a deliberate tactic being employed by Giuliani which was to pre-emptively deflect from anymore damaging revelations that come to light.
He said: “Quite a performance, right? But make no mistake, there is a method to this madness.
“The president’s attorney, as he always does, laying out the groundwork there for what is to come. So stay tuned to that.”
On Friday, Senior Democrats pledged to investigate a report that Trump directed his personal lawyer to lie to Congress about negotiations over a real estate project in Moscow during the 2016 election.
The report by BuzzFeed News, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, said that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress and that Cohen regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Moscow project — even as Trump said he had no business dealings with Russia.
This particular revelation is another twist in the ongoing saga over Michael Cohen, the president’s former “fixer” who has already been jailed for his part in hush money payments paid to woman who allege they had affairs with Trump.
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said “we will do what’s necessary to find out if it’s true”, adding that “in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date”.