Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) was New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) staunchest supporter just a couple of weeks ago. He was steadfastly confident that Chris Christie is innocent in the Bridgegate scandal. Now? Maybe not so much.
Capital New York?has reported that Giuliana said that this in an interview with Geraldo Rivera on Thursday:
“It’s fifty-fifty, it leaves you with no possible way of knowing did she discuss it with him or didn’t she discuss it with him.”
To clarify, he’s still halfway in bed with the beleaguered governor:
“I like Chris very much and he’s being unfairly treated, and he’s a good friend,” added Giuliani.
Capital New York has updated their story, however:
In a phone interview with Capital, Giuliani said his “fifty-fifty” comment referred to whether?a?New York Times?article?on Bridgegate showed with certainty that Christie knew about the bridge order, and not to the question of whether Christie knew.
The question, Giuliani said, was about whether “I think the?New York Times?article basically 100 percent proved that Christie knew.”
To recap the exact conversation:
Geraldo: “But what about Kate’s central question–Kate Zernike of the New York Times’ central question: What about that email from Bridget Anne Kelly? I mean isn’t that –‘time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee’–I mean, Mayor Giuliani, doesn’t that infer that there are, you know, there was was this conversation before about stuff–
Giuliani: “With the governor–“
Geraldo: “–like that?”
Giuliani: “No, it doesn’t. It’s fifty-fifty. It leaves you with no possible way of knowing, did she discuss it with him or didn’t she discuss it with him. The reality is ?”
Nice try at backpedaling, though, Rudy. What do Liberal Americans think? Was Giuliani referring to the New York Times or to Gov. Christie’s staff?
You can listen to the entire interview here. And here’s a reminder of where Giuliani stood just a couple of weeks ago:
