The FBI didn't brief Giuliani about Russian disinformation. That's bad for him. The FBI reportedly thought briefing Giuliani might impede a criminal investigation. The news cycle whirling around Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to former President Donald Trump, can be hard to keep up with at times. In the span of 48 hours, The Washington Post reported — then retracted — that Giuliani had received a defensive briefing from the FBI in 2019, when he was immersed in digging up dirt from Ukraine on Joe Biden and his son Hunter as part of Trump’s re-election campaign. Soon after the Post’s correction, The New York Times and NBC News similarly walked back articles asserting that the FBI had briefed Giuliani. While the former New York mayor is trying to spin this reporting snafu to paint himself as a political victim of fake news, the decision not to brief him actually might mean he’s in more trouble than he realizes.