NEW YORK _ In one of his most forceful attacks on the special counsel yet, Rudy Giuliani on Friday claimed the Russia investigation could get "cleaned up" with pardons from President Donald Trump in light Paul Manafort being sent to jail.
"When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons," the former New York mayor told the New York Daily News.
Giuliani's stunning remark came hours after a Washington, D.C., judge revoked Manafort's bail and ordered him to remain behind bars while awaiting his September trial on charges relating to his shady pro-Russian business dealings in Ukraine. The ruling came after Robert Mueller's investigators alleged Manafort had attempted to tamper with witnesses in the Russia investigation.
Giuliani, who worked as a federal prosecutor for nearly a decade, claimed he had seen no evidence to warrant Manafort being sent to jail.
"I don't understand the justification for putting him in jail," Giuliani, 74, said. "You put a guy in jail if he's trying to kill witnesses, not just talking to witnesses."
Giuliani, who serves as Trump's personal lawyer, doubled down on his previous call to end Mueller's investigation.
"That kind of investigation should not go forward," Giuliani said. "It's time for Justice to investigate the investigators."
