Giuliani: ‘I am proud of the way I conducted myself’

Rudy Giuliani, a surrogate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Tuesday night said he was “proud” of the way he conducted himself during the campaign, in a contentious interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.

“I didn’t think there was anything wrong with you until this campaign,” Matthews told the former New York City mayor. “Are you proud of the way you’ve been so loyal to Trump that I think you’ve gone over the top?”

{mosads}Matthew singled out Giuliani’s criticisms of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. But Giuliani defended himself.

“I am proud of the way I conducted myself, I think every issue I raised was a legitimate issue. I think that my analysis of her legal problems is spot on. I think she’s committed a significant number of crimes that she’s gotten away with,” Giuliani said. 

 Matthews pressed Giuliani and accused the Trump campaign of going into the gutter.

“Why did your candidate and you yourself refer to Hillary Clinton as sick and almost dying most of the campaign and that she ought to be in prison? You can’t claim to run a clean campaign if you call your opponent on death’s door,” Matthews said.

Giuliani defended his comments questioning Clinton’s health. He said he had noticed she looked ill in September, days before she was seen stumbling at a 9/11 memorial event and later revealed she had been diagnosed with pneumonia.

“I have not said anything about that after that,” he said.

“She looked sick to me, she looked really sick. She looked like she was slurring her words, and looked like she lost her train of thought. Two days later, she collapsed.”

Giuliani also defended comments that Clinton had broken the law with her use of a private email server and handling of classified information while secretary of State.

He said it was a “perfectly legitimate conclusion from the FBI’s report that she violated the law.”

FBI Director James Comey labeled Clinton’s handling of classified material “extremely careless” during a press conference in July but said there was not enough evidence for the bureau to recommend filing charges.