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An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA officer that a Trump pardon would 'cost $2 million': report
Tim Levin
Sun, January 17, 2021, 4:01 PM
An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA operative seeking a presidential pardon that Giuliani could help arrange one for $2 million, The New York Times reported.
Giuliani disputed the ex-CIA officer's account, telling The Times that his helping someone obtain a pardon would be a conflict of interest.
The Times reported that several people with connections to President Donald Trump had accepted large sums of money from people seeking pardons.
An associate of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, told a former CIA officer seeking a presidential pardon that Giuliani could help arrange one for $2 million, The New York Times reported Sunday.
The detail came as part of a wide-ranging Times report indicating that several people close to the president had collected large sums of money in exchange for helping people seek pardons.
John Kiriakou, the former CIA operative, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2012 for disclosing the identity of a fellow officer involved in waterboarding. Kiriakou told The Times that he had sought a pardon through other people with connections to the president - in order to carry a handgun and access his pension - but that the topic came up during an unrelated boozy meeting with Giuliani and his associates at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC.
Kiriakou told The Times that at one point, when Giuliani went to the restroom, one of the meeting attendees said that Giuliani could help but that "it's going to cost $2 million - he's going to want two million bucks."
Kiriakou did not pursue the offer, according to The Times.
"I laughed. Two million bucks - are you out of your mind?" Kiriakou told the outlet. "Even if I had two million bucks, I wouldn't spend it to recover a $700,000 pension."
An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA officer that a Trump pardon would 'cost $2 million': report
Tim Levin
Sun, January 17, 2021, 4:01 PM
An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA operative seeking a presidential pardon that Giuliani could help arrange one for $2 million, The New York Times reported.
Giuliani disputed the ex-CIA officer's account, telling The Times that his helping someone obtain a pardon would be a conflict of interest.
The Times reported that several people with connections to President Donald Trump had accepted large sums of money from people seeking pardons.
An associate of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, told a former CIA officer seeking a presidential pardon that Giuliani could help arrange one for $2 million, The New York Times reported Sunday.
The detail came as part of a wide-ranging Times report indicating that several people close to the president had collected large sums of money in exchange for helping people seek pardons.
John Kiriakou, the former CIA operative, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2012 for disclosing the identity of a fellow officer involved in waterboarding. Kiriakou told The Times that he had sought a pardon through other people with connections to the president - in order to carry a handgun and access his pension - but that the topic came up during an unrelated boozy meeting with Giuliani and his associates at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC.
Kiriakou told The Times that at one point, when Giuliani went to the restroom, one of the meeting attendees said that Giuliani could help but that "it's going to cost $2 million - he's going to want two million bucks."
Kiriakou did not pursue the offer, according to The Times.
"I laughed. Two million bucks - are you out of your mind?" Kiriakou told the outlet. "Even if I had two million bucks, I wouldn't spend it to recover a $700,000 pension."
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