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| credit: NY Daily News |
Now that Individual One's appointees inside the Justice Department are out of the way, the Manhattan feds descended on Rudy Ghouly's apartment and office with a search warrant. Former senior appointees had been blocking approval of a warrant for the searches. Under DOJ policy, seizure of a lawyer's records requires approval from the Washington central office. Investigators seized records and electronic devices related to Ghouly's lobbying for shady Ukrainians on Wednesday beginning at 6am. The investigation of the former New York Mayor and US District Attorney has been underway for two years. Federal prosecutors also executed a search warrant for Victoria Toensing, a lawyer close to Ghouly who had interactions with Ukrainians seeking negative information on Joe and Hunter Biden. She has also represented Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch under indictment in the United States whose help Ghouly sought.
A recent US intelligence report addressing 2020 election interference had this to say: “A key element of Moscow’s strategy this election cycle was its use of people linked to Russian intelligence to launder influence narratives…through US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals” As a major purveyor of the "Big Lie', after seizure of his records and devices, the clear implication is that Ghouly is one of those "prominent US individuals". Search warrants have to be based on probable cause that evidence relevant to an investigation may be found. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
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| "It's a witch hunt!" |