US President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani sought to clarify his head-scratching assertion over the weekend that "truth isn't truth," writing in a morning tweet that he was referring to instances where two people make contradictory statements.
"My statement was not meant as a pontification on moral theology but one referring to the situation where two people make precisely contradictory statements, the classic 'he said she said' puzzle," Giuliani said. "Sometimes further inquiry can reveal the truth other times it doesn't."
Giuliani's attempt at clarification was prompted by an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, during which he and host Chuck Todd discussed the circumstances under which Trump would submit to an interview by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Giuliani continued to argue that Mueller is trying to trap Trump into committing perjury as part of an investigation into whether the President has obstructed the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
"When you tell me that [Trump] should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's so silly - because it's somebody's version of the truth. Not the truth," Giuliani said.
