Manhattan Federal Prosecutors behind weird obsession with Giuliani
Manhattan federal prosecutors are seeking to examine Rudy Giuliani’s communications with an array of former Ukrainian officials, people familiar with the matter said, as investigators home in on whether the former Trump lawyer’s push to remove a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv violated foreign lobbying rules.
The search warrants executed by federal investigators on Wednesday at Mr. Giuliani’s New York City apartment and office sought evidence related to Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whom Mr. Giuliani pushed to oust in the spring of 2019, as well as communications with any U.S. government officials or employees regarding the former ambassador or her position, the people said.
Former President Donald Trump ordered Ms. Yovanovitch’s removal in the spring of 2019 after an extensive push by Mr. Giuliani, who personally lobbied the president and then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The warrants also sought communications with or regarding associates who worked with Mr. Giuliani to push for Ms. Yovanovitch’s ouster and for an investigation by Ukrainian authorities into the Biden family’s activities in the country, the people familiar with the warrants said. President Biden was at the time considered one of Mr. Trump’s top Democratic rivals.
The warrants specifically sought evidence related to former Ukrainian prosecutors general Viktor Shokin and Yuriy Lutsenko, former Ukrainian prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the people said.
Mr. Giuliani has denied ever serving as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign government. The former New York mayor was serving as a personal lawyer for Mr. Trump when he was pushing for the Biden investigations and for the ambassador’s removal.
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The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office has been investigating Mr. Giuliani’s work in Ukraine for over a year, but the seizure of his personal electronic devices on Wednesday marked an escalation in the probe. Mr. Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine were at the center of Mr. Trump’s first impeachment on charges he abused his power by seeking Ukraine’s help in his 2020 election bid. Mr. Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House and acquitted by the Republican-led Senate.
Mr. Giuliani alleged that Mr. Biden as vice president engaged in corruption when he called for the ouster of Mr. Shokin, then the Ukrainian prosecutor general, who had investigated a Ukrainian gas company where Mr. Biden’s son Hunter Biden served on the board. The Bidens have denied any wrongdoing, and ousting the prosecutor was a goal at the time of the U.S. and several European countries.
Federal prosecutors have pursued a theory that hinges on the idea that Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to remove Ms. Yovanovitch were done at the behest of Ukrainian officials in exchange for damaging information about the Bidens, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Such an exchange, even if it involved no financial payment, could violate federal lobbying laws, the Journal reported.
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I failed to see anything wrong with Giuliani's alleged conduct or that of Trump. If you don't think Biden's monetizing of the office of the Vice President to enrich his son is wrong then you are ignoring obvious corruption in my opinion.
As for firing the Ambassador, I think the President has the right to fire her for whatever reason he wants or for no reason at all. I am also getting the impression that he should have fired the US attorney in New York when he took office. This guy is looking like a hitman for radical Democrats. He should be investigating Biden corruption. This deal with Hunter was not the only one where his family benefited from his office.
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