Something doesn’t add up about Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer quitting

| 6:04 pm EDT October 15, 2019
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Earlier today the news broke that Rudy Giuliani was parting ways with his new defense attorney just two weeks after having hired the guy. At the time we said this might actually be a sensible move, as the attorney in question has expertise in impeachment matters, and now Rudy suddenly finds himself facing arrest on criminal charges. But now there’s a strange new angle to it all.

Shortly after the news broke that Rudy Giuliani and his attorney Jon Sale had parted ways, the news broke that Rudy had decided to defy the House impeachment inquiry subpoena. The letter sent to the House comes from Sale, who apparently just quit or was just fired. So the timeline here is that Rudy had Sale send this letter announcing he would defy the House subpoena, and then he and Sale parted ways.

Okay, so what now? Rudy’s letter announcing that he’s going to defy the House subpoena is not the end of that storyline; it’s the beginning. The House will now move to quickly get the courts to order Rudy to cooperate, and Rudy will need an impeachment-oriented attorney to go into court and fight that battle for him. So why is Rudy parting ways with his impeachment attorney?

Considering the sheer incoherence of most of what Rudy Giuliani does these days, it’s anyone’s guess as to what’s going on here. Rudy seems to be giving up any hope of winning his House subpoena battle. Maybe he doesn’t want to waste money fighting a losing battle, as he turns his focus to fighting the criminal charges that are about to get him arrested. But something doesn’t quite add up here.