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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,878 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 06:07 PM Nov 2019

Will Rudy Giuliani Be the Next Trump Associate to Be Indicted?

Roger Stone on Friday became the latest in a long line of Trump World figures to add “convicted felon” to his resume since the president took office. The vultures now appear to be circling around Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney who is currently waist-deep in a quagmire of corruption the impeachment inquiry is exposing.

Around the same time a jury found Stone guilty on seven counts of obstructing justice, witness tampering, and lying to Congress, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal investigators are probing the former New York mayor’s potential involvement in a scheme by two of his associates, Lev Parnas and Leon Fruman, to land a lucrative deal for their natural gas company.

Parnas and Fruman, both U.S. citizens who were born in Ukraine, were instrumental in Giuliani’s efforts to convince Ukraine to launch investigations the 2016 election and Joe Biden, introducing him to several key players. Earlier this year, the duo pitched Ukrainian officials and energy executives on a proposal by their company, Global Energy Producers, to construct a pipeline to carry U.S. natural gas from Poland to Ukraine. They sold the project as having the support of the Trump administration, also noting that Giuliani was their business partner, according to the Journal.

Prosecutors want to know whether Giuliani stood to get a taste of the profits, which could constitute a violation of federal lobbying laws.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-ukraine-energy-company-investigation-913417/

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Will Rudy Giuliani Be the Next Trump Associate to Be Indicted? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
That would be lovely. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1
He has not appeared before a congressional committee at140 Nov 2019 #2
I should hope.... Kahuna7 Nov 2019 #3

at140

(6,110 posts)
2. He has not appeared before a congressional committee
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 06:27 PM
Nov 2019

and therefore can not be charged lying to congress, like Roger Stone.
Has Giuliani lied applying for loans, like Michael Cohen? If not, he won't face indictment for that crime.

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