Crash Course: Rudy Giuliani is the face of MAGA "freedom

Shielding debauched racists is exactly why there's so much right-wing whining about "cancel culture" [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbjJldG0xdzZrcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenNXA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYjVzbjZkaHBvbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Living like Rudy It's time to count down to the "cancel culture" complaints: Rudy Giuliani has been sued for sexual abuse. In a case that is both somehow stomach-churning and completely unsurprising, [Noelle Dunphy claims she was hired in 2019Â](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMXduNWdxbG5kaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)with a promised salary of $1 million a year for "business development work," but soon discovered that Giuliani expected lots of sex as part of the deal. She is accusing the former New York City mayor, who found a second career as a lead attorney in Donald Trump's 2020 coup attempt, of multiple forms of rape and sexual harassment. What Giuliani stands accused of, Amanda Marcotte writes, is what all the right-wing whining and crying about "cancel culture" has always been about: the "right" to drop racial slurs and abuse women — or worse — without fear of social consequence. [Read more here](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc3phd3ZtZzZseC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). “A big fat nothing”: Legal experts say "bogus" John Durham report proves “he’s failed miserably” Durham, after nearly four years, on Monday released a [306-page report](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva28xcTRsOWg1OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenNXA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that criticized the FBI but contained little new information. Durham during the probe brought just two criminal cases but both ended in acquittal. "This is it? This is the grand summary? It's Horowitz with some extra commentary," [tweeted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdHlqamtxZjFtdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenNXA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) national security attorney Bradley Moss. "They've got nothing. No grand conspiracy. No effort to take down Trump. It's 'you messed up surveilling Page' and 'be more careful next time with political-affiliated sources.' What a flop." Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi noted in an appearance on [MSNBC](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXB1N21rZ2lzMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenNXA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that Durham was "once a highly respected, hard-nosed prosecutor." He "has twisted himself into a pretzel in an attempt to deliver what he could not deliver," he said. "The goal was to rack up many, many indictments... he's failed miserably." 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Giuliani purportedly told Dunphy she could send individuals seeking pardon directly to him so that they did not need to "the normal channels" of the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti [wrote](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRznpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvazR4dDlpdnV0ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhneHc1YWkzenNXA3NwY0IKZGLqtGRksRkOFFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that selling pardons would violate laws dealing with "bribery and theft of honest services." 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