Rudy Giuliani pondered whether House investigators will let him use video and audio evidence if he is asked to testify before Congress about the Ukraine controversy.
Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Giuliani on Monday if he would testify, something which he has not yet been asked to do.
“I don’t know. I’m weighing the alternatives,” Giuliani said. “I’ll kind of go through it. I’ll get all my evidence together. I’ll get my chart. I don’t know if they would let me use video tapes and tape recordings that I have.”
Giuliani previously said he would testify if directed to do so by Trump.
The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed President Trump’s personal lawyer earlier in the day for documents related to the whistleblower complaint against the president about a July phone call he had with Ukraine’s leader.
Giuliani responded on Twitter, “I have received a subpoena signed only by Democrat Chairs who have prejudged this case. It raises significant issues concerning legitimacy and constitutional and legal issues including,inter alia, attorney client and other privileges. It will be given appropriate consideration.”
I have received a subpoena signed only by Democrat Chairs who have prejudged this case. It raises significant issues concerning legitimacy and constitutional and legal issues including,inter alia, attorney client and other privileges. It will be given appropriate consideration.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) September 30, 2019
The former New York City mayor has been investigating corruption charges against former Vice President Joe Biden, as well as charges the Democratic National Committee was seeking dirt on Trump in Ukraine in 2016.
Giuliani told Hannity it is “nonsense” he is being accused of election interference, as Biden is now a leading Democratic candidate for president.
Giuliani said he gathered “all this evidence” before special counsel Robert Mueller completed his Russia investigation and argued “it was clearly under my responsibility as the lawyer for the president” to investigate these matters.
