Rudy Giuliani Facing Inquiry Into Whether He Lobbied Trump for Turkey

[DonViejo]

Source: Bloomberg

By Christian Berthelsen, Greg Farrell, and Chris Strohm
June 29, 2021, 8:57 AM EDT

DOJ inquiry is separate from criminal probe of Ukraine work

U.S. could order ex-NYC mayor to register as foreign lobbyist

Rudy Giuliani is the subject of a Justice Department inquiry into possible foreign lobbying for Turkish interests separate from a criminal probe of his activities in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

For almost a year, the former New York mayor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump has been fielding questions about whether he was acting for Turkey when he pushed the Trump administration in 2017 to drop money-laundering charges against gold trader Reza Zarrab and deport exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Zarrab later pleaded guilty and implicated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a sanctions-evasion scheme, while Erdogan claims Gulen was behind a failed 2016 coup against his government.

The Turkey inquiry, which has not been previously reported, is not criminal, in contrast to the Ukraine investigation, which resulted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation seizing Giuliani’s electronic devices in April 28 raids on his Manhattan home and office. Though both matters focus on whether Giuliani lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of foreign interests, the Justice Department usually takes a softer approach when it thinks failure to register wasn’t intentional.

Giuliani has denied lobbying for either Turkish or Ukrainian interests, and the government has not accused him of wrongdoing in either matter. In the Turkey inquiry, if the government decides that Giuliani acted for a foreign interest, it could issue a determination letter requiring him to register as a lobbyist and also disclose all details of contacts he had with U.S. and Turkish officials concerning Zarrab and Gulen.


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-29/giuliani-facing-inquiry-into-whether-he-lobbied-trump-for-turkey

[Midnight Writer]

1. If Rudy wasn't working for Turkey, Mike Flynn was.

But I guess it's not a problem for the National Security Advisor of the USA to be on the payroll of a foreign government.

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. I'm waiting for the day that Giuliani comes to a Cohen moment.

But 10x more intense. I want him crying and blubbering how he now sees who Donald Trump is, how it was a terrible mistake serving him, etc etc.....

Not that I will believe it. If he does it will be to save face. But I want to see it anyways.

[GB_RN]

9. Don't Hold Your Breath

From what I've seen of him and know about it - and from other mental health professionals describe, it looks like Rudy Colludy has frontal lobe dementia: Memory remains intact, but the ability to make rational decisions is severely impaired. In his case, probably totally impaired.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Shadow foreign policy

to serve oligarch grifters and their henchmen. Was TFG the front man for the syndicate?

[slumcamper]

4. He probably lobbied Trump for turkey, but got only a hamberder. n/t

[AZ8theist]

5. "America's Mayor"......

WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT.

Low life TRAITOR.

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

6. That's a helluva headline no matter how you read it...

[Polybius]

7. I completely misread this post

I thought he just wanted some free turkey on Thanksgiving.

[orangecrush]

8. Rudy is going down in flames

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[clementine613]

10. This is the guy who did nothing to stop 3000 New Yorkers from being killed in one day on his watch..