Giuliani: U.S. 'Sympathizes' With Attempt to Overthrow Iran's Government
Giuliani: U.S. 'Sympathizes' With Attempt to Overthrow Iran's Government Lawyer for United States President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, arrives prior to a funeral service for late Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2018. REX/Shutterstock By VERENA DOBNIK / AP September 23, 2018 (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, told members of Iran’s self-declared government in exile on Saturday that the U.S. sympathizes with their efforts to overthrow that country’s official government. The former New York mayor spoke to members and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the biggest opposition group to Iran’s Islamic regime. Two U.S.-based members who joined the gathering have been targeted for assassination by alleged Iranian agents named last month in criminal complaints issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “So I say to ...