'Trump wanted me to be attorney general': Giuliani explains how he was nearly DOJ chief
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani revealed over the weekend that former President Donald Trump sought to make him attorney general even though he wanted to be secretary of state.
On his Sunday WABC broadcast, Giuliani complained about anti-Semites in the Department of State.
"The State Department is filled with anti-Semites," he opined. "It was easily turned to being pro-Palestinian... But the State Department, you might as well just give up on it."
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"I wanted to be Secretary of State, and Trump wanted me to be attorney general," Giuliani claimed. "And I wanted to be Secretary of State because I wanted to fire them all and bring in a whole new group of people that would put America first."
Giuliani told CNN in 2016 that he would be willing to take the job of attorney general only “if it really was just me and I couldn’t point to three others that would be just as good or better.”
In the end, Trump did not appoint Giuliani to either position. The former New York mayor would go on to be charged in Georgia with crimes he allegedly committed as an attorney for Trump.
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