When Rudolph W. Giuliani joined Fox News's “Outnumbered” on Monday afternoon, he was on cleanup duty — mopping up a mess he created. Giuliani essentially conceded that he was saying things not necessarily because they were correct but because he was being strategic. In that May 18 interview, Giuliani admitted that he and Trump didn't actually know that to be the case. Perhaps Giuliani recognizes that the things he's tasked with saying aren't all that defensible or coherent, and he wants to reinforce that he's advocating for a client. And if Trump is found culpable for some wrongdoing in the Mueller probe, Giuliani can emphasize that he was just doing his job.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2018 19:17 UTC