Oh, Rudy

Well, I won't regale you with the tales of woe I've had this morning, which include falling on my ass and bruising myself, as well as buying the wrong kind of dryer. Suffice it to say that I decided to go back to bed and reboot my day.

And look what has graced the slow news week as I wake up!

As Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The New York Times show.

Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, has repeatedly said he has no business in Ukraine, and none of the deals was finalized. But the documents indicate that while he was pushing Mr. Trump’s agenda with Ukrainian officials eager for support from the United States, Mr. Giuliani also explored financial agreements with members of the same government.

His discussions with Ukrainian officials proceeded far enough along that he prepared at least one retainer agreement, on his company letterhead, that he signed.

I would think that by now I'd stop being stupefied by the sheer comical corruption of Trump, Rudes, and the rest of them. But I haven't. The sheer incompetent mendacity on display by this regime boggles the mind. While Rudy was running Trump's extortion racket, he was trying to get his own beak wet. That's to be expected of denizens of the Bada Bing Club, not of people at the very apex of our government.

Of course, the question is: Who leaked this? It paints Giuliani in even more sinister lights. As with Trump throwing him under the bus yesterday, this is also part of the plot to make Rudy the fall guy for this entire affair. If Rudy does have damaging information, he'd better be ready to use it, as his putative employer seems to be setting him up. Hell, he might even allow Billy Barr to prosecute him.

Rudy's other partner in crime, Lev Parnas, is giving reams of information to the relevant House committees overseeing impeachment. If Rudy had any mental faculties remaining, he would do the same. He's going to go to jail anyway; may as well take the whole crew down.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone!