New York, April 28 (China News Service) -- Us media reported on the 28th that Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of former US President Trump and former mayor of New York City, was searched by federal law enforcement officers at his home and office in New York on the same day.
The Associated Press said federal law enforcement officers searched Giuliani's apartment on Manhattan's Madison Avenue and his office on Park Avenue that same day, seizing multiple computers and cellphones. According to the report, this investigation may be partially related to the previous "Tongwumen" investigation. The search warrant required for the search required permission from top Justice Department officials, suggesting prosecutors believe Giuliani may be suspected of federal charges.
In 2019, Trump and Giuliani were exposed to asking Ukraine to investigate then-Democratic presidential candidate Biden and his son. Due to the fermentation of the incident, Trump was later impeached by the US House of Representatives. Prosecutors' investigation into Giuliani has also been going on for more than a year.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Giuliani's lawyer, Robert Costello, as saying that law enforcement officers began searching at 6 a.m. that day. The search warrant revealed that the investigation was due to Giuliani's alleged violation of foreign lobbying rules; the target of the search was the transcription of giuliani's correspondence with several people, including columnist John Solomon.
The Associated Press said Solomon had close ties to Giuliani and had repeatedly made "unfounded" allegations about Biden and Ukraine during the 2020 election. Solomon told The Associated Press that day that Giuliani had sent him various messages, but the vast majority of them he had not used, and that prosecutors would not find "surprising content" in their correspondence records.
The Wall Street Journal noted that issuing a search warrant to a lawyer, particularly the former president's, was an "unusual step." The New York Times said federal prosecutors and the FBI had been seeking a search warrant for Giuliani's phone, but during the Trump administration, the appeal was repeatedly blocked by the U.S. Department of Justice. While issuing a search warrant does not mean that Giuliani will be charged with any crime, the step itself indicates that the prosecution investigation has entered a proactive new phase.
Giuliani, who served as mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, is widely credited with directing responses to 9/11. Giuliani has led the Manhattan Attorney's Office, which is currently investigating him, and has gained fame for successfully prosecuting multiple criminal organizations and corrupt politicians. (End)
Source: China News Network
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