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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:29 PM May 2021

Federal prosecutor overseeing Rudy Giuliani probe stepping down

Source: CNN

Federal prosecutor overseeing Rudy Giuliani probe stepping down

By Erica Orden, CNN

Updated 7:09 PM ET, Wed May 12, 2021

(CNN) -- The chief of the public corruption unit at the Manhattan US Attorney's office, which is handling the criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani, is stepping down at the end of the week to return to private practice, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN.

Edward Diskant, who has been a prosecutor at the office for nine years, is set to be replaced as public corruption chief by Rebekah Donaleski, one of the prosecutors who has been leading the Giuliani investigation, the person said.

A spokesman for the US Attorney's office declined to comment.

Under Diskant's watch, the public corruption unit has pursued some of the office's highest-profile investigations and prosecutions, including the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein; the prosecution of Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman; and the indictment of Steve Bannon, who was subsequently pardoned by former President Donald Trump.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/rudy-giuliani-investigation/index.html



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SDNY's public corruption unit is now expected to be led by Rebekah Donaleski, one of the prosecutors who has been leading the Giuliani investigation, per person familiar:


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Federal prosecutor overseeing Rudy Giuliani probe stepping down (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 OP
Curious. bamagal62 May 2021 #1
WHAT??? a kennedy May 2021 #2
His role is completed. Donaleski puts the finishing touches on Rudy's fate Budi May 2021 #3
Not sure what to make of this. bluestarone May 2021 #4
Sounds more focused going forward bucolic_frolic May 2021 #5
A woman leading the Giuliani investigation is replacing him JI7 May 2021 #6
Do want civil service pay or megabucks? Scruffy1 May 2021 #7
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
3. His role is completed. Donaleski puts the finishing touches on Rudy's fate
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:43 PM
May 2021

The sun is setting & the walls close in on Rudy ....




JI7

(89,248 posts)
6. A woman leading the Giuliani investigation is replacing him
Wed May 12, 2021, 08:22 PM
May 2021

Am I reading that correctly ? If so, then sounds good to me.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
7. Do want civil service pay or megabucks?
Wed May 12, 2021, 10:10 PM
May 2021

Any of these highly experienced prosecutors are worth a whole lot of bucks on the job market. I am just amazed that any of them stay.

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