Federal Investigators Search Rudy Giuliani’s Apartment and Office

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 5:53pm |

"Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Upper East Side apartment of Rudolph W. Giuliani... stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine" https://t.co/R2nOBR47Yz
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 28, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyregion/rudy-giuliani-trump-ukraine-warrant.html

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Victoria Toensing also had a search warrant executed on her home https://t.co/YTIlS5S5Op
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 5:54pm

Michael Cohen on raid of Rudy Giuliani's apartment: "Here we go folks!!!" https://t.co/kGMhRlipTD pic.twitter.com/QHhz8f5wOh
— The Hill (@thehill) April 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 5:56pm

this one comment on the story is a big hit on Twitter:

Wrong apartment. We kicked him out months ago. pic.twitter.com/uDb84az8Qq
— Four Seasons Total Landscaping (@therealfstl1992) April 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:07pm

this is now trending too:

Watch with the sound off and think of your favorite Will Ferrell scene. https://t.co/nlqnfUzHHQ
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:13pm

Guliani & "independent DoJ"?

Where has Andrew been these last 4 years?

The Attorneys *was* Trump's personal lawyer.

Or at least that's how he behaved.

Nadler, days after Berman testified to House Judiciary about his ouster as US Attorney for SDNY: “Barr’s scheme was designed to disrupt the work of the office — including those implicating the president.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 28, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 7:10pm

I like the spread of the hands, like feeling the surface of a large inflated ball.

It is curious how the last four years never happened and has no bearing upon the present state of affairs. The previous administration only rented a studio apartment and had very little effect upon the building as a whole.

by moat on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:09pm

note of important point:

NYT: Under Trump, senior political appointees in the Justice Department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant, slowing the investigation.

After Merrick Garland was confirmed, the Justice Department lifted its objection to the search. https://t.co/mJl7HeQSUL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:16pm

Don Jr walks back sworn statements

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/in-sworn-testimony-in-inaug...

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 7:58pm

pic.twitter.com/F0vHpJgTSg
— Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) April 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 9:03pm

Rudy Giuliani and Ron Johnson were given defensive briefings by the FBI in 2019 and 2020, respectively, that Russia was targeting them as part of an influence operation, the Post reports. Both disregarded the warning. https://t.co/nguvzP0tSc
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 30, 2021

Important part of this timeline is this Feb. 2020 @AndrewDesiderio scoop that Sen. BURR privately warned Johnson — we now know months before the FBI briefing — that his Hunter Biden probe might aid a Russian influence operation. https://t.co/20BhBxYxKL
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 30, 2021

To @AndrewDesiderio’s point in this thread, it’d be more shocking if RonJohn *hadn’t* gotten a defensive briefing, given what we were reporting at the time. https://t.co/kY0i6KEfe0
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:26pm

Josh Marshall:

his defense seems to be if he does it, it's not lobbying. because he says so in a contract. https://t.co/QeVyCWKDHM via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:32pm

Digby on Rudy reminder

https://digbysblog.net/2021/04/rudy-speaks-its-not-good/

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 5:07am

If this is the case, it would mean that BILL BARR's DOJ approved a search warrant for RUDY GIULIANI while he was representing TRUMP in the impeachment proceedings. https://t.co/TH7RtCsJnP
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) April 30, 2021

Former US Attorney Rudy Giuliani now has a problem with the covert obtaining of evidence with a warrant. “They” used to be him. Proudly if I recall. That’s how investigations work. https://t.co/aOwyzfDFKk
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 30, 2021

Prosecutors don’t mind when targets ramble on TV. It’s the targets’ defense lawyers who mind.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 30, 2021

I was there https://t.co/ybUfvpv3X2
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 29, 2021

Bharara also retweeted this about 12 hrs ago

Giuliani provided info to State smearing Yovanovitch, which is an effort to influence the U.S. Gov. The only remaining question is whether he received anything of value — money or perhaps political dirt — that would have required him to register with DOJ (which he didn’t do). https://t.co/jwRWFGqYLo
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) April 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 8:16am

Alan Dershowitz slams FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani's apartment

The search warrant was invalid because, so long as Rudy was wearing his underwear at all relevant times, he couldn't possibly have done anything wrong.
Right?

Alan Dershowitz slams FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani's apartment https://t.co/drK9REHMlo via @nypost
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 3, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 5:04am

Who said there are no second acts in politics?
It's a multiyear comedy series.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 7:32am

So it’s being reported that there were individuals/witnesses working with Giuliani while those same witnesses were cooperating covertly with federal investigators. You know what that means? Lordy, there will be tapes. pic.twitter.com/DfVirx9AhR
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) April 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 4:27pm

Each day that passes w/Donald Trump NOT being criminally charged for the many crimes he inarguably committed is another day The Big Lie is allowed to deconstruct our democracy & become more firmly entrenched in the minds of Americans who are unwilling or unable to abide the truth
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) May 4, 2021

Patience is not my strongest suit, Glenn.
And yet...I have faith in Merrick Garland.
He's only been in office since 3/11, and I expect he will eventually get there.
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphy2018) May 4, 2021

A federal judge is calling for the release of a secret 2019 DOJ memo that AG Bill Barr cited to justify clearing Trump for obstruction of justice.

The judge called Barr's public characterization of the Mueller investigation's finding “disingenuous." https://t.co/McxJVBT7No axios
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) May 4, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 5:28pm

A federal judge in Washington accused the Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr of misleading her and Congress. https://t.co/0xqNdkFAmf
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 4:47am

Not just any judge - Amy Berman Jackson presiding over Rick Gates, Alex van der Zwaan, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, with the latter two overtly lying to her and Stone putting crossbars on her photo (which Barr refused to prosecute) - and then Trump pardoned the latter 2 (after Trump commuted Stone's previous sentence and fine). Guess they all thought this presidency would slip away and they'd go off to retirement. Hoping Jackson gets the last laugh. Note that Jan 6 likely isn't covered (pardon was 23 Dec, and Roger was quite busy after), and Manafort has a rather limited immunity in his pardon.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 7:32am

Amy explained

Nope. It's why we need a new federal law, like the OLC Sunlight Act. https://t.co/SVteOzTikc
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) May 5, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 9:35am

See much longer thread - "horrifying" really does sum it up.

The implications of Mr. O'Callaghan being a dangerous political hack (or worse) are deeply worrying. Trump appointed him to head the DOJ's National Security Division in 2017. https://t.co/qYIqXQ8P7X
— Dirk Schwenk (Esq) (@DirkSchwenk) May 5, 2021

We now know that SC Mueller's push back against Barr's March 24, 2019 letter was PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE WHOLE OF THE DOJ'S LEADERSHIP. They were ALL in on the scam.
— Dirk Schwenk (Esq) (@DirkSchwenk) May 5, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 12:50pm

Prosecutors ask a New York judge to appoint a special master to review potentially privileged materials seized when the FBI executed search warrants at Rudolph Giuliani’s home and office. https://t.co/wOZXiNpozc
— Benjamin Weiser (@BenWeiserNYT) May 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 4:44am

Billy Barr -- busted again by Judge Jackson in the lawsuit against DOJ by @CREWcrew.

Already busted last October in this 200 plus page report released by @PennLaw_CERL and @CREWcrew https://t.co/JeP5bP4ZFd
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 5, 2021

Billy Boy brands -- The Attorney General model.
Provides maximum protection for POTUS.
Dispose of after each use.https://t.co/0X2O0pxgUR
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 1:18pm

Billy Barr's war on privacy, media

One likely explanation for why DOJ succeeded in getting WaPo's phone records but not their email records is if Microsoft challenged a gag, and DOJ decided to withdraw subpoena instead. https://t.co/JLP1LMWly9
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 9, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/09/2021 - 12:40pm

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