prosecutors in manhattan for potentially breaking lobbying laws in his dealings in ukraine. two people familiar with the inquiry tell the times that prosecutors are looking at his efforts to undermine the former ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. and in a case tied to two of his associates arrested last week and tried to influence u.s. politics with contributions. and giuliani has denied wrongdoing saying there are no grounds to charge him with foreign lobbying disclosure violations because he said he was acting on behalf of president trump, when he was with the ukrainian prosecutors to collect potentially damaging information on ivan vich and other trump targets. speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the white house, president trump would not say whether rudy giuliani was still his attorney but he defended giuliani on twitter on saturday morning, writing this. so now they are after the legendary crime buster and greatest mayor in the history of nyc, rudy giuliani. he may seem a little rough around the edges sometimes, but