Giuliani changes FBI story as Democrats demand an investigation

What did the former mayor know and when did he know it? Rudy Giuliani claimed Friday morning he knew about the FBI's recent announcement about Hillary Clinton's private email server before it became public, stating in an interview on Fox he had no role in releasing the information but "darn right [he] heard about it" in advance.

Then, after two senior House Democrats and Clinton's campaign press secretary used his remarks to demand an investigation of the FBI, the Donald Trump campaign surrogate backtracked Friday afternoon. "I've spoken to no current FBI agents — gosh, in the last eight months, nine months, 10 months — certainly not about this," Giuliani told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, adding, "I have no idea about who's leaking information."

Giuliani's original comments Friday seemed to fit with a statement he made on Oct. 26 to Fox's Martha MacCallum. The Trump campaign has "a surprise or two that you're going to hear about in the next few days," he said then. "We've got a couple things up our sleeve that should turn this around."

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