28 Apr 2021
Federal investigators executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s apartment in Manhattan as part of an investigation involving dealings with Ukraine, according to a Wednesday report.
The
New York Times, citing “three people with knowledge of the matter,” reported that the feds executed a search warrant at the lawyer’s Upper East Side apartment as part of the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine specifically, the accusations that he “illegally lobbied Trump administration in 2019 on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs.”
“One of the people said the investigators had seized Mr. Giuliani’s electronic devices,” the
Times reported, noting the significance of executing the search warrant given Giuliani’s status as a lawyer for the former president, particularly:
Published Apr 28, 2021 Updated Apr 28, 2021, 1:48 pm CDT
A website repeatedly promoted by far-right figure Jack Posobiec is secretly run by Russian intelligence, the U.S. government has claimed. Featured Video Hide
In an April 15 statement on sanctions against the Russian government, as first reported by the SPLC’s Hatewatch, the U.S. Department of the Treasury accused the little-known website “SouthFront” of being operated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Advertisement Hide
The Department of the Treasury says the goal of SouthFront, which repeatedly promoted Posobiec as well in posts on its website, was to “appeal to military enthusiasts, veterans, and conspiracy theorists.”
Rudy Giuliani Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Brooklyn, New York
Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani
Father: Harold Giuliani, a tavern owner
Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, a secretary
Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced); Donna Hanover (April 15, 1984-July 10, 2002, divorced); Regina Peruggi (October 26, 1968-1982, annulled)
Children: with Donna Hanover: Caroline and Andrew
Education: Manhattan College, B.A., 1965; New York University Law School, J.D., 1968 (magna cum laude)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Other Facts
Widely credited with New York’s revitalization during the 1990s, when crime dropped significantly and the economy boomed.
After the 9/11 attacks, Giuliani was widely praised for his response to the disaster.
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Months after former President Donald Trump’s election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state’s most populous county.
The state Senate used its subpoena power to take possession of all 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County and the machines that counted them, along with computer hard drives full of data. They’ve handed the materials over to Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based consultancy with no election experience run by a man who has shared unfounded conspiracy theories claiming the official 2020 presidential election results are illegitimate.