On Wednesday , the fedsraided the home and officeof Rudy Giuliani , noted flask with leg and former personal lawyer to ex - President Donald Trump . According to one of Giuliani ’s neighbors at his Upper East Side apartment building , the agent in question seized and “ were bringing out a lot of hooey . ”
Witness to the FBI raid of Rudy Giuliani ’s flat : “ They were bringing out a destiny of stuff.”pic.twitter.com/t3nbRnpX1p
— The Recount ( @therecount)April 28 , 2021
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hunt warranty involve investigators to provide a judge with sufficient reason to believe a criminal offense may have been committed , and the legal profession is high when the quarry is an attorney , even one of Giuliani ’s … height .
Gizmodo hollo and texted a phone turn that Giuliani has used in the past to limit whether or not the hunt warrants executed on Wednesday were relate to , asthe New York Timesreported , the suspicion that he was picking up a little illegal scratch on the side by working for Ukrainian functionary or business that shared Trump ’s interest in murder U.S. ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch . peculiarly , we did n’t hear back !
Trump wanted Yovanovitch out of the agency because she was perceive as an obstacle to his elbow grease to pressure the Ukrainian government activity into enquire Joe Biden — one that Giuliani spearheaded , and was the subject of Trump ’s criminal record - setting second impeachment . The Times write the feds have been interested in Rudy ’s coinciding discussions to take on hundreds of thousands in refer concern with Ukrainian public prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko , who also wanted Yovanovitch removed and hasrepeatedly attractedthe attention of sanction . The paper suggested the investigating may center around the Foreign Agents Registration , which forbid work or lobbying the U.S. government in coordination with extraneous official without revelation to the Justice Department .
( Giuliani enjoin he turned down the deal , but Giulianisays a mess of things , sometimeswhile fartingandliterally melting . After an exhilarating series of break down legal efforts to have courts overturn the 2020 election results , Trump reportedlyrefused to payandfired him . )
This good afternoon , Giuliani tweeted that he would turn to the situation in a 3:00 p.m. affirmation on his 77 WABC radio show , but the hour was instead dedicate to “ particular programming ” on the NYC mayoral election by substitute host Dominic Carter . Rudy then deletedthe tweet , making it clear that thefamously chattyattorney might really be listening to his own attorney this meter or is otherwise , uh , indisposed .
No formal direction have been announce against Giuliani .
It ’s also potential that the feds are concerned not only in Giuliani ’s Ukrainian transaction , but theoretically the dozens of other felony it ’s reasonable to mistrust he ’s committed over the age . grant to Los Angeles Times sound affairs columnist Harry Litman , other Trump / Giuliani associate with ties to Ukrainewere raidedon Wednesday . CNN reported , “ researcher seized Mr. Giuliani ’s electronic devices , ” but Rudy should have nothing to worry about because he ’s aself - declared cybersecurity expert .
Anyhow , we ’d really appreciate it if Giuliani and/or the FBI could blame up their phone and get back to us . We ’re sure this is all a slight mixup that can all be cleared up right away . We’lleven take an ass - dial .
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