Giuliani's Lawyers Demand Explanation for 'Extremely Damaging' Claim That He Might Destroy Evidence

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Monday to unseal the affidavits supporting the search warrant on his electronic devices and demanded an explanation for prosecutions’ claim that the former mayor and counsel for Donald Trump may have destroyed evidence if he knew the government was on his trail.

“In addition, in the original warrant for the iCloud account, there is a non-disclosure order based upon an allegation made to the issuing Court, that if Giuliani were informed of the existence of the warrant, he might destroy evidence or intimidate witnesses,” Giuliani’s lawyer Robert Costello wrote in a 17-page memo unsealed on Monday. “Such an allegation, on its face, strains credulity. It is not only false, but extremely damaging to Giuliani’s reputation. It is not supported by any credible facts and is contradicted by Giuliani’s efforts to provide information to the Government. We should be allowed to question the Government as to what basis it had, if any, to make that assertion.”

Roughly a week after the raid on Giuliani’s home and office, federal prosecutors set the stage for the sort of attorney-client privilege fight that unfolded in the Southern District of New York some three years ago in the case of Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen. The government asked the judge to appoint a special master to assess the thorny privilege issues involving a practicing attorney whose sometime client is a former president of the United States.

Giuliani’s response to that request was due last week, but his May 12 legal brief was unsealed in redacted form on Monday. It appears to confirm earlier reports in the Daily Beast that prosecutors tapped into Giuliani’s iCloud via a “covert warrant” in 2019.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/asking-a-judge-to-unseal-files-rudy-giuliani-s-lawyers-demand-explanation-for-extremely-damaging-claim-that-he-might-destroy-evidence/ar-BB1gPGuA

Sounds like Trump's DOJ was looking at him.

[hlthe2b]

1. All these Trump and his ilk-related investigations and potential trials are going to drag out

for damned EVER, aren't they?

No wonder tv's crime and legal dramas are so popular. It is cathartic to think justice might be rendered before all concerned are dead...

Sigh... Patience is not my virtue.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Is that their argument..what part of "he might destroy evidence" don't they understand??

They demand an explanation?? The answer is behind door number "numbskull..

[Blue Owl]

3. He might excrete saliva, sweat, snot, hair dye, and all manner of other fluids all over it

See Exhibit A:

[UTUSN]

4. Uh, "explanation" - something he *SAID*?!1

[Frustratedlady]

5. Projecting again?

His lawyers are probably scared of what they know Ghouliani did.

[ShazamIam]

6. We were told an investigation was opened after the 2016 election, but it vanished, maybe not.

Thttps://www.salon.com/2017/05/04/the-fbi-is-investigating-whether-rudy-giuliani-leaked-information-about-hillary-clintons-emails/

[abqtommy]

7. Just had to double-check to see if this was from The Onion. Carry on...

[Wounded Bear]

8. Uh, maybe because he's an untrustworthy, slimy, cheating, sleazy sonuvabitch?

Just spitballin' there, though.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. LOL

Rudy’s feeling were hurt