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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request
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Joseph A. Bondy
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Talk about revolting disparity and privilege: Trumps Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request
Report: Trumps Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request
Trump appointees reportedly never granted a search warrant to obtain the attorneys electronic records as requested.
forbes.com
9:50 PM · Apr 1, 2021
Joseph A. Bondy
@josephabondy
Talk about revolting disparity and privilege: Trumps Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request
Report: Trumps Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request
Trump appointees reportedly never granted a search warrant to obtain the attorneys electronic records as requested.
forbes.com
9:50 PM · Apr 1, 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/10/trump-justice-department-held-up-giuliani-investigation-by-blocking-warrant-request/?sh=410da2d67808
Topline
Trump administration political appointees in the Justice Department blocked federal prosecutors in Manhattan from obtaining a search warrant for Rudy Giulianis electronic records, the New York Times reported based on anonymous sources, impeding the ongoing federal investigation into the Trump attorneys ties to Ukraine ahead of the presidential election and as Giuliani was leading a campaign to overturn its results.
Key Facts
Giuliani has reportedly been under investigation since at least 2019 by federal prosecutors in New York for his business dealings in Ukraine, according to multiple outlets, which potentially may have violated federal lobbying laws.
Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York sought a search warrant for Giulianis electronic records related to Ukraine over the summer as part of the investigation, according to anonymous sources cited by the Times, which required the permission of Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C.
Those officials reportedly did not grant the request due to an agency policy against taking aggressive investigative actions that could affect the outcome of the vote in the 60 days before an electionthough sources said the request was made more than 60 days in advance.
DOJ officials continued to block the request after the election as Giuliani led President Donald Trumps legal campaign challenging the election results, even as the agency separately granted a subpoena into a similarly politically sensitive investigation into Hunter Biden.
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Trump's Justice Department Held Up Giuliani Investigation By Blocking Warrant Request (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Apr 2021
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malaise
(267,845 posts)1. Due Hard should be in prison n/t
Takket
(21,425 posts)2. your move, Merrick Garland