President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, on Monday sought to clarify previous statements he made about talks to build a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 election, maintaining that they were "hypothetical."

"My recent statements about discussions during the 2016 campaign between Michael Cohen and then-candidate Donald Trump about a potential Trump Moscow 'project' were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the President," Giualni said in a statement shared by many reporters on social media.

RUDY WALKS IT BACK: Rudy Giuliani issues statement to NBC News, saying his "recent statements about discussions during the 2016 campaign between Michael Cohen and then-candidate Donald Trump about a potential Trump Moscow 'project' were hypothetical." pic.twitter.com/VAA36Q9bHY — Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 21, 2019

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"My comments did not represent the actual timing or circumstances of any such discussions. The point is that the proposal was in the earliest stage and did not advance beyond a free non-binding letter of intent," the statement read.