Former Speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani Calls Feds Raid 'Tragic Third Act' to His Legal Career On 4/29/21 at 10:56 AM EDT A former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani called Wednesday's raid of Giuliani's Manhattan apartment a "tragic third act" to his legal career. John Avlon, a former Giuliani staffer, said he was "shocked" when he found out that federal investigators executed a search warrant against Giuliani and seized multiple electronic devices from both his office and home in New York City. "[The raid had] A real sense of the tragedy…given the trajectory of his career," Avlon told CNN's New Day on Thursday. "Before he was New York City mayor—when I worked for him and was proud to do so—he was a crusading U.S. attorney leading the Southern District, which is the organization that's investigating him now."