He said a deposition of Mr. Brennan, conducted by himself and Jay Sekulow, another of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, could go on for hours — “maybe longer than McGahn’s testimony,” Mr. Giuliani said, a reference to the 30 hours that Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, has talked to the special counsel in the Russia investigation. Asked whether his taunting tweet directed at Mr. Brennan was a joke, Mr. Giuliani said: “Of course it is. It is possible that a defamation lawsuit by Mr. Brennan could be filed directly against Mr. Trump, which would require his personal lawyers to defend him. Mr. Giuliani said that if Mr. Brennan filed a lawsuit personally directed at Mr. Trump, his personal lawyers stood ready. “He maintains that he shouldn’t have had his security clearance taken away,” Mr. Giuliani said.

Source: New York Times August 20, 2018 18:10 UTC