Federal Prosecutors Ask for Special Master to Look Over Seized Giuliani Records
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to appoint an outside party to review records FBI agents seized from the home of Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s lawyer.
In an April 29 letter to the judge made public on Tuesday, prosecutors with the Southern District of New York’s U.S. attorney’s office said the case warrants a special master.
“The Government respectfully writes to request that the Court appoint a special master to conduct the filter review of potentially privileged materials seized” by agents, the prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken, an Obama nominee.
The claim: Image shows Rudy Giuliani s neighbors watching FBI raid
An image shared on Facebook claims neighbors stood by and watched as the FBI raided former President Donald Trump s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on April 28.
The image, shared the same day, shows a smiling woman in a fur coat holding a glass of wine. Rudy Giuliani s neighbors watching the FBI raid, says the caption.
FBI agents raided Giuliani s Manhattan apartment and offices on April 28 amid an investigation of his business dealings in Ukraine. The investigation has been ongoing since early 2019.
Agents arrived at Giuliani s home at 6 a.m. and seized up to eight personal electronic devices, Giuliani told Fox News April 29.
Last Wednesday, FBI agents recovered multiple electronic devices during an early-morning search of Giuliani’s home and office.
In their letter, prosecutors said the search was carried out on Giuliani by FBI agents who have not been involved in the investigation and will not be involved in the future.
They said in the letter to U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken a day after the searches that FBI technical specialists had begun extracting materials from the seized devices, but had not yet begun reviewing the materials.
Oetken permitted some redactions prior to the unsealing of the government s letter, including portions specifying what was taken from Giuliani and Washington lawyer Victoria Toensing, a former federal prosecutor and close ally of Giuliani and Trump. Her law firm said after the searches that she was told she was not a target of the investigation.
Former NYC mayor tells Hannity he s been persecuted since he uncovered Hunter Biden hard drive
The New York Times was one of several prominent news outlets that corrected their bombshell reporting on former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani supposedly being briefed by the FBI that he was a target of a Kremlin disinformation campaign, and faced calls to burn their anonymous sources.
New York federal agents raided Giuliani s Lenox Hill apartment last week, seizing numerous electronic devices in fulfillment of a search warrant.
The raid came as the feds have been investigating whether he violated the law by lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials in 2019.
David Bauder
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. Federal agents raided GiulianiâÄôs Manhattan home and office on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice DepartmentâÄôs investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald TrumpâÄôs personal lawyer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) May 03, 2021 - 9:29 AM
NEW YORK - The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all issued similar corrections to stories regarding Rudolph Giuliani, former President Donald Trump s personal lawyer, and his dealings in Ukraine.