Not to jump the gun, but maybe, just maybe, he’ll die in jail:
Federal agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has been underway for months, according to a person familiar with the matter. […]
It is unusual for prosecutors to execute a search warrant on a lawyer, although Manhattan federal prosecutors have done so before, most notably in recent years against another former lawyer for Trump, Michael Cohen.
That last sentence is a nice touch on the part of CNN.
ETA: This is a great point:
raven
good
SiubhanDuinne
This day can’t possibly get any better now.
Old School
So this has to do with Ukraine?
Edit: Clicking through the CNN articles, yes.
Baud
What @raven said.
trollhattan
He been drinkin’ brew for breakfast.
He’s so egotistical and detached from reality the next Fox appearance will be epic.
Baud
Biden’s DOJ is politicizing criminal behavior!
Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix
@Old School: I burned a Times click to get more context:
https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/recent-cases is a fun read. Manafort got the max, 60 months, on a FARA conviction.
Mike in NC
MSNBC right now: Feds Raid Giuliani Apt As Part Of Ukraine Probe
Lock his ass up. Also seeing report of Trump Jr lying under oath.
germy
Short story prompt:
A thin line of black perspiration slides down Rudy’s forehead and drips onto his cellphone while he thinks of something to say.
trollhattan
@Mike in NC:
Liking this new Garland fellow.
Mary G
How can he butt-dial Olivia Nuzzi without his devices?
germy
Andrew
His kid thinks he can be governor of New York.
The delusional apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
trollhattan
@germy:
If that’s on Rudy’s tombstone I, for one, will be satisfied.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
restated from below….
@koreandad
Replying to
@NatashaBertrand
I’m sure they didn’t find a toothbrush
12:07 PM · Apr 28, 2021·Twitter for Android
germy
Another Scott
Here’s hoping justice is served on Rudy and all the rest. Good and hard.
In other news, ….
An excellent remembrance thread.
RIP.
Cheers,
Scott.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
“But I got rid of the Italian mob at the behest of the Russian mob, but I didn’t know it was worse, so……..”
Mary G
Mary G
Baud
@Mary G:
Michael B. continues to bring it.
grumbles
Oh man, now I have to listen to London Calling.
Not that I really mind.
Mary G
@Another Scott: RIP.
dmsilev
@Mary G: I was glad to learn that the landscaping company managed to make bank on their unexpected fame, by selling T-shirts and similar.
Nicole
Hey, remember when Queen Elizabeth knighted him?
I was going to say that she should have taken her lead from us NYC’ers, who, when he tried to stay on as Mayor past his term, told him to get stuffed, but then again, NYC’ers were also the ones dumb and racist enough to elect him twice.
Jeffro
If anyone’s interested, the current Fox News dot com homepage is the closest it’ll ever come to looking like a real news organization. Rudy is the top story(!), followed by the Andrew Brown video and related issues, a slam on President Biden’s ‘cradle to grave’ soshulism or something, and then a tribute to astronaut Michael Collins, wrapping up with something dumb about Wheel of Fortune.
So not actual ‘news’ news, but pretty close. Stopped clocks and all that…
trollhattan
@grumbles:
Listening to “London Calling” improves any day, good or bad.
MisterForkbeard
@Mike in NC: I haven’t seen anything on the Don Jr perjury aspect. Can you give a link?
@Mary G: Interesting. I’m curious if the DOJ unblocked this after Biden took over, or after Garland took over. If the 2nd, that means Trump’s political DOJ minions continued to have a lot of power for some time into the Biden Administration.
Gravenstone
And then his protection was voted out of office, without leaving him a pardon first. Poor fucker…
Gravenstone
@MisterForkbeard: It sure sounds like Donald Trump jr. lied to prosecutors.
SiubhanDuinne
@Mike in NC:
Me right now: Rudy Colludy In Deep Doody
Sister Golden Bear
<sad trombone sound>
AxelFoley
Just got home from getting Moderna ? #2.
germy
Jeffro
@Baud: he’s continuing to troll Rudy by tweeting pics of G-men breaking down apartment doors
L to the Ooooooooo L
germy
Poe Larity
Who will be America’s Mayor now?
cain
I hope “America’s Mayor” rolls on everything he’s done to get some clemency. Offer it so that he can burn Trump and other GOP people. I want to see him confess everything in regards to the Big Lie and all the other shit he’s done.
Of course, Fox is talking about Hunter Biden again – lol – yo, that boat has long sailed you fucks.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@germy: I’m sure he hired smart lawyers and accountants back in his post-9/11 heyday , but I’ve always thought that the books of Giuliani and Associates would be a true political crime treasure trove
wenchacha
Here is hoping ol’ Rudy is as good at wiping his electronics as he is at choosing sites from which to make major announcements.
He has had sufficient time to hide at least some tracks, but maybe his ego prevented it?
germy
@MisterForkbeard:
Wyatt Salamanca
Rudy Ghouliani took great pleasure in staging perp walks for high profile criminal suspects. I can’t wait to see this rotten bastard get his own perp walk.
Kay
I always have to remind myself they did all this category of criming to stop Joe Biden.
Which is just so great :)
Baud
@Jeffro:
He’s awesome. I hope he doesn’t have any dirty secrets, because I don’t want to end up disappointed in my man-crush.
Another Scott
It would be perfect if Sacha Baron Cohen had somehow been present at the raid/serving of the warrant.
“She’s too old for you. Take me!!”
Cheers,
Scott.
Wyatt Salamanca
@wenchacha:
Rudy couldn’t find his own ass with both hands, a map, and a GPS device. He’s stone cold stupid.
Kay
Trump should issue “a statement”
I love the powerlessness of the statements. Like, that you have to “issue” one basically means you can’t do anything else :)
MisterForkbeard
@germy: Oh, that’s interesting. I’m curious if that’s ‘wrong enough’ to get charged with perjury or making false statements.
Basically, 4 years after the events in question he kept saying he had no involvement with things he had some involvement with. He could probably make an argument that he was just unintentionally wrong in his deposition, or that he didn’t rate what he did as “involvement”.
The sort of stuff I would normally expect white collar criminals to get away with.
Gin & Tonic
Thoughts and prayers, motherfucker.
Kay
Trump’s statements remind me of Michael in The Office declaring bankruptcy.
“I declare bankruptcy”.
Baud
@Kay: Haha.
Fester Addams
Well, he is a self-certified cybersecurity expert. Even still, making digital communications go completely away can be very difficult.
debbie
Just heard this very, very good news!
Spanky
@cain:
Not a chance.
Arrogancestupidity is a hell of a drug.hueyplong
@wenchacha: Here is hoping ol’ Rudy is as good at wiping his electronics as he is at choosing sites from which to make major announcements.
Surely we all assume he’s going to butt-wipe it.
A Ghost to Most
Rude E. Coyote, supergenius.
WaterGirl
@MisterForkbeard:
From the Mary G. comment. Looks like after Garland.
Another Scott
@hueyplong:
Rudy should have used Red Vault!!1
Cheers,
Scott.
Pappenheimer
@germy: That’s been done – see “the 5th Element”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
It would be irresponsible to speculate that Michael Cohen found a loophole in Judy Giuliani’s pre-nup and DNR and she filled up the back of her Range Rover with old receipts and drove them down to the SDNY offices on her way to meet with her literary agent
hueyplong
@Another Scott: Ha ha, the tweeter who goes by the name of Mueller She Wrote says that it wouldn’t be surprising if genius Rudy deleted items to the trash bin but neglected to delete them from that, thereby earning himself an obstruction charge.
Even a luddite like myself can chuckle at that.
Uncle Cosmo
@Andrew: Road apple don’t fall far from the horse’s ass.
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Is Rudy’s wife’s name really Judy?
WaterGirl
@Fester Addams: Isn’t Rudy the cyber expert who locked himself out of his iPhone by trying the password more than 10 times?
germy
Uncle Cosmo
@Mary G: Beschloss got the hosting entity wrong:
It’s at Four Treasons Scapegoating…
trollhattan
@Poe Larity:
I vote we go back to LaGuardia.
Baud
BTW, this is an excellent aperitif for Biden’s big speech tonight.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Baud: the third and most-recent ex Mrs Giuliani, became famous as Judith Nathan when, if memory serves, Rudi tried to move her into Gracie Mansion while the second (future ex) Mrs Giuliani and their school-aged children were still living there. Looks like the Rudi-Judi divorce was finalized in 2019
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Thanks! I hope she squeals.
germy
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Family Values
MisterForkbeard
@hueyplong: Well, the trash bin empties itself after a period of time so this probably won’t trip him up too badly. Unless he went on a deletion spree in the last 30 days (which is the default value)
MattF
Giuliani’s lawyer is trying to defend his client.
trnc
@Wyatt Salamanca:
No apparent problems finding his zipper, though.
Uncle Cosmo
It ain’t necessarily so. I’d conjecture that Preznit Uncle Joe left it the AG’s call so the Far Wrong couldn’t credibly screech about a vendetta. Not that they still won’t, but they got nothing to stand on.
I’d love to see some judge sentence the elder Julie-Annie to a month…to be served with ziptied hands in the trunk of a vintage Coupe de Ville at the bottom of the East River. Only fitting for America’s Goombah…
Uncle Cosmo
And not nearly as adept as he is wiping his arse with his electronics… :^D
hueyplong
@MisterForkbeard: He probably did it last night.
Gin & Tonic
Parnas and Fruman always struck me as the sort of guys who have an instinctual understanding of which side the bread is buttered on. If they haven’t been singing since Day 1, they’ve most certainly been singing their lungs out since about November 4 of last year.
debbie
@MattF:
Paywalled. Any chance Lin Wood is the attorney?
Gin & Tonic
Looks like somebody, at least, has a good sense of humor.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@debbie:
not a name I recognize
if our Manhattan criminal defense attorney Jackal is lurking, maybe s/he’ll fill us in
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@debbie:
Robert Costello, for now.
Suzanne
@hueyplong:
Maybe he’ll inject bleach into one of the USB ports.
MisterForkbeard
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: “The searches are completely unjustified because my client offered to maybe answer some questions, possibly” is about the worst fucking defense I can think of.
You know the thing about how As hire Bs, Bs hire Cs, and so on? What kind of lawyer does a F-grade lawyer like Rudy hire?
Cameron
@Wyatt Salamanca: No problem finding it with his cell phone, though.
Cameron
@MisterForkbeard: I would have gone with Sidney Powell. For me, “you didn’t really believe all that shit I was talking, did you?” has to be the greatest defense of all time.
Ken
@germy: Nice. You should consider entering the Bulwer-Lytton contest. I am quite fond of the 1983 winner, by Gail Cain:
The camel died quite suddenly on the second day, and Selena fretted sulkily and, buffing her already impeccable nails—not for the first time since the journey began—pondered snidely if this would dissolve into a vignette of minor inconveniences like all the other holidays spent with Basil.
JPL
Victoria Toensing also had a search warrant executed on her hom
Who is going to squeal first?
piratedan
@Gin & Tonic: they are today’s equivalent of Rosencranz and Guildenstern, but Trump sure as hell aint no Hamlet.
Ken
@Mary G: Sounds like a bunch of “conspiracy to obstruct justice” charges are waiting in the wings.
zhena gogolia
@Gin & Tonic:
I keep looking at that tweet and I don’t understand it. Did the FBI really go to the landscaping company?
Ken
@germy: “I never met Mr. X.”
“Here are the pictures of you together, that you took and posted to your Facebook account, with the note ‘Great to be here with Mr. X, plotting the overthrow of the US government!'”
Keith P.
They conveniently left out the part about more Trump campaign people targeted by authorities during the Trump Administration, too
Keith P.
@JPL: That one is not getting picked up on much….yet.
craigie
@Keith P.: Maybe they were “targeted” because they were, you know, breaking the law.
Ken
I see the writers resisted the temptation to go for the obvious joke “His Upper East Side apartment, and that of his mistress.”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I don’t know who Mr Laufer is, much less his source, so… FWIW
RandomMonster
Maybe Rudy can fail.
Jinchi
@wenchacha:
I expect damning evidence against Rudy will ultimately be found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
JPL
@Keith P.: Yet is right.
Bill Arnold
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
From the nytimes piece[1]:
Federal Investigators Search Rudy Giuliani’s Apartment and Office – Prosecutors obtained the search warrants as part of an investigation into whether Mr. Giuliani broke lobbying laws as President Trump’s personal lawyer.
(cookie remover plugin will reset the NYTimes counter with one click.)
Jinchi
@Another Scott:
Like many astronauts, Mike Collins returned from his voyage with an extreme sense of the fragility of Earth and our need to take care of it.
gwangung
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Hm….I think the assumption is that Toensing wasn’t expecting a raid, so less prepared, so more likely to find pay dirt,
Not a bad assumption.
Keith P.
@Bill Arnold: One would assume that by searching Victoria Toensing’s home, they are also searching Joseph DiGenova’s stuff as well.
trollhattan
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
What, I wonder, are Mr. Costello’s views of knockless warrants served in the middle of the night by cops in ninja outfits, body armor, guns drawn? Are those thuggery if the target isn’t the attorney of the 45th president?
WaterGirl
@trollhattan: “No knock” warrants are for those people.
hueyplong
@trollhattan: His “legal thuggery” is what we call pounding the table. It’s what you do when you don’t have anything else.
[Either that or an AA was one of the agents who executed the warrant. In FoxWorld, no white person can ever be a thug.]
Sister Golden Bear
@Kay:
“Ruby who? Barely knew the guy, I think he brought me coffee sometimes.”
Sister Golden Bear
@hueyplong: Deleting items from the trash can doesn’t actually erase them. In reality, it just tells the computer that space on the storage device that was occupied by the deleted files is now available, and can be overwritten by new files.
Depending on various factors, especially time, deleted files (or fragments thereof) can be recovered. And I’d assume that the FBI’s computer forensic geeks are very, very good at doing so.
Woodrow/asim
@Sister Golden Bear: Seconded. As a former tech support person, I used to have a disk of undelete tools, just to save the hash of people who deleted some report for their boss.
Recovering deleted files has been around for a very long time, and I agree that the FBI will have the best tools to-hand for that job.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Hopefully Borat executed the warrant, himself.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
HOLY FUCK!
Michael Collins passed away (Apollo 11 astronaut).