Is Rudy's Turn In The Barrel Coming To A Courtroom Soon?
Would be perfect if it came this coming week.
Is Rudy Giuliani Totally Screwed?
“Last Saturday, Rudy Giuliani was spotted dining out at a Manhattan hotspot and loudly gabbing about his plans to start a podcast, like a man without a care in the world. And in fairness, it’s possible that, thanks to the brain decay the ex-mayor has clearly suffered, he thinks he has nothing to worry about. Other people in his position, though, would likely be more than a bit concerned about their future, given that, based on a new report, the president’s lawyer is now the subject of three different investigations.
According to Bloomberg, Giuliani is being investigated by federal prosecutors for potential campaign-finance violations and failure to register as a foreign agent, as “part of an active investigation into his financial dealings, according to three U.S. officials.” (Giuliani, his lawyers, and the White House did not respond to Bloomberg’s requests for comment.) The probe could also reportedly include possible charges for conspiracy or violating laws against bribing foreign officials.
Incidentally, that probe is on top of a counterintelligence investigation as well as a criminal investigation into Giuliani’s business relationship with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the two men who’ve been charged with conspiracy, falsification of records, and lying to the FEC about their political donations. (Parnas and Fruman have both pleaded not guilty.) Giuliani’s work with Parnas was reportedly related to a company called Fraud Guarantee, though in addition, Parnas and Fruman are said to have introduced Giuliani to “several current and former senior Ukrainian prosecutors to discuss” Joe Biden, and in July, Parnas accompanied Giuliani to a breakfast meeting with Kurt Volker, then the U.S. special representative for Ukraine, where Giuliani allegedly mentioned that he was looking into Biden and 2016 election interference, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the indictment of Parnas and Fruman, prosecutors claimed that Parnas sought the assistance of a U.S. congressman in “causing the U.S. Government to remove or recall the then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.” That ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, was subsequently removed from her post after Giuliani told Donald Trump that she was undermining him and obstructing efforts to investigate Biden.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/rudy-giuliani-ukraine-investigations
“Parnas and Fruman, both U.S. citizens who were born in Ukraine, were instrumental in Giuliani’s efforts to convince Ukraine to launch investigations the 2016 election and Joe Biden, introducing him to several key players. Earlier this year, the duo pitched Ukrainian officials and energy executives on a proposal by their company, Global Energy Producers, to construct a pipeline to carry U.S. natural gas from Poland to Ukraine. They sold the project as having the support of the Trump administration, also noting that Giuliani was their business partner, according to the Journal.>>>
But Giuliani may still be in trouble even if investigators aren’t able to turn up evidence he was using GEP to piggyback financially off the “packaged” attempt to get Ukraine to launch the investigations. Parnas and Fruman were both arrested last month on charges of campaign finance violations, and, as Bloomberg reported on Thursday, federal prosecutors are investigating whether Giuliani committed similar violations, as well as violations for failing to register as a foreign agent. The inquiries are part of a probe into Giuliani’s financial dealings, particularly those in Ukraine, launched earlier this year by the Southern District of New York.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-ukraine-energy-company-investigation-913417/
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