Seeing a lot of the usual talk about whether Rudy Giuliani will “grow a conscience” by testifying to the 1/6 committee and whether this will make him “good” or “bad” and whether he can be “trusted.” But this is gibberish. It’s about Rudy selfishly saving himself, nothing more.
The ONLY factor here is whether Rudy has concluded he has to sell out Trump world in order to stay out of prison. If yes, then he can be trusted to selfishly give up crucial evidence and truthful testimony. Not because he’s now “good” but because he’s as selfish as ever.
On the other hand, if Rudy still thinks he can skate without having to give up Trump, then he’ll try to bullshit the committee.
It’s really as simple as that. All this talk about who’s good or bad, who’s going to grow a spine or a conscience, or who can be trusted, is a child’s view of things. The only factor is whether Rudy has concluded that he has to give up Trump in order to save himself.
The courts just recently gave the DOJ most of the evidence it seized from Rudy’s home (yes, the courts work that slowly). Rudy had tried and failed to suppress it via attorney client privilege claims. It bought him time, but he ultimately lost.
So Rudy will almost certainly go down for the dirty foreign money stuff, whether or not they get him for 1/6 and election stuff. Not much question about that.
The question is whether Rudy UNDERSTANDS he’s going down, or whether he delusionally still thinks he can somehow magically get away with it all. These decisions often come down to whether someone understands they have no way out but to flip.
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