Feds raided Rudy Giulianiโs home and office in 2021 over Ukraine suspicions, unsealed papers show
A 2021 federal raid on Rudy Giulianiโs home and office was spurred by suspicions that the former New York City mayor had illegally acted as a foreign agent by seeking the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine at the request of Ukrainian officials.
Georgia election workers ask for court order barring Rudy Giuliani from repeating lies about them
Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgement against Rudy Giuliani are asking for a court order barring him from continuing to repeat the lies he spread about them following the 2020 election.
Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giulianiโs 2020 vote lies
A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.
Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers' case
Jurors will continue deliberating Friday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives.
Georgia election worker tearfully describes fleeing her home after Giuliani's false claims of fraud
A former Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani over false claims he spread about her and her daughter in 2020 has described fleeing her home after she endured racist threats and strangers banging on her door.
Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani tells jurors that his lies made her fear for her life
A former Georgia election worker has testified that she feared for her life as she received a barrage of threatening and racist messages fueled by Rudy Giulianiโs false claims that she and her mother had rigged the 2020 election results in the state.
Jurors in a Giuliani damages case hear the threats election workers got after his false claims
Lawyers for two Georgia election workers are asking jurors in a federal case to make Rudy Giuliani pay the women tens of millions of dollars in damages for false accusations he made against them that led to threats and racist harassment.
Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills
Rudy Giulianiโs former lawyer has sued him, alleging the ex-New York City mayor has paid only a fraction of nearly $1.6 million in legal fees heโs racked up from investigations into his efforts to keep Donald Trump in the White House.
Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Trump allies over laptop
A lawyer for President Joe Bidenโs son, Hunter, has asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that a computer repair shop owner says was dropped off at his Delaware store in 2019.
Meadows trying to avoid testifying in Georgia election probe
Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, is trying to avoid having to testify before a Georgia special grand jury thatโs investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the stateโs 2020 election.
Judge again denies Graham's effort to skirt Georgia subpoena
A federal judge has ruled constitutional protections donโt shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trumpโs 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
Lawyers for John Eastman say they advised their client to assert attorney-client privilege and invoke his constitutional right to remain silent when testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference in Georgia.
Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trumpโs campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury thatโs looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Giuliani must go to Atlanta for election probe, judge says
A judge said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person next week to testify before a special grand jury thatโs investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Lawyer: Giuliani won't testify Tuesday in Ga. election probe
A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York mayor will not appear as scheduled Tuesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta thatโs investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia.
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his alliesโ actions after the 2020 election.
Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe
The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand jury.
Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani and other members of Donald Trumpโs legal team who filed bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election that fueled the lie that race had been stolen from the former president.
Giuliani lawyers: Feds treat him like drug boss or terrorist
Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani say a covert warrant prosecutors obtained for his iCloud account in November 2019 and raids last month show they are treating him more like a drug kingpin or terrorist rather than one of ex-President Donald Trump's lawyers.
'Borat,' 'Promising Young Woman' win at Writers Guild Awards
This image released by Amazon Studios shows Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." (Amazon Studios via AP)NEW YORK โ Sacha Baron Cohen's โBorat Subsequent Moviefilmโ was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards' top honors, best adapted screenplay. Best original screenplay went to the script for the feminist revenge thriller โPromising Young Woman,โ by writer-director Emerald Fennell. โThank you for this incredible award, though I canโt help thinking we won it because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this movie,โ said Baron Cohen. The guild's awards came after the conclusion of a two-year battle with talent agencies over potential conflicts of interest as representatives of film and TV writers.
Giuliani probe awaits Garland as he nears AG confirmation
The full scope of the investigation is unclear, but it at least partly involves Giuliani's Ukraine dealings, the officials said. AdThe Foreign Agents Registration Act requires people who lobby on behalf of a foreign government or entity to register with the Justice Department. AdThe Justice Department requires that applications for search warrants served on lawyers be approved by senior department officials. Giuliani's attorney Robert J. Costello told The Associated Press he has โheard nothingโ from federal prosecutors concerning Giuliani. Giuliani has said he had no knowledge of illegal donations and hadnโt seen any evidence that Parnas and Fruman did anything wrong.
Dem's lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot
Thompson has sued former President Donald Trump, alleging Trump incited the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. A Trump senior adviser, Jason Miller, said in a statement that Trump did not organize the rally that preceded the riot and โdid not incite or conspire to incite any violence at the Capitol on Jan. Additional suits could be brought by other members of Congress or by law enforcement officers injured while responding to the riot. That process was temporarily interrupted when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol. Trump encouraged supporters at a rally preceding the riot to โ fight like hell,โ but lawyers for the former president adamantly denied during the impeachment trial that he had incited the riot.
Florida man sentenced in Giuliani-related fraud case
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2019, file photo, David Correia walks from federal court in New York. David Correia, 45, was sentenced remotely by U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken in Manhattan. In court papers, Correia largely blamed his slide into criminal behavior on his association with Parnas. The Securities and Exchange Commission said when it recently filed civil charges related to the fraud that Correia lives in West Palm Beach. Prosecutors have not alleged Giuliani did anything wrong and he was only referenced in court papers and at the sentencing as โAttorney-1."
Voting company sues Fox, Giuliani over election fraud claims
A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its top hosts, Giuliani and Sidney Powell for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped steal the U.S. presidential election away from former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)MIAMI โ A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump โ Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell โ for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped โstealโ the U.S. presidential election. On Jan. 25, a rival election-technology company โ Dominion Voting Systems, which was also ensnared in Trump's baseless effort to overturn the election โ sued Guiliani and Powell for $1.3 billion. Fox "is committed to providing the full context of every story with in-depth reporting and clear opinion,โ the company said in a written statement. Death threats, including against an executiveโs 14-year-old son, poured in as Internet searches for the company surged, Smartmatic claims.
Gov: Fraudster raised money pitching Giuliani as firm's face
His lawyer asked in papers filed last week that Correia serve no prison time. In court papers, Giuliani was identified as โAttorney-1," a lawyer who was assisting the company in exchange for a $500,000 fee. AdThe investor told Correia that if Giuliani โwasnโt part of this thing, I probably wouldnโt do it. Correia promised the investor that Giuliani would help with compliance and regulatory issues, advertising and marketing, and several other deliverables, prosecutors wrote. Correia said Giuliani also agreed that the company could โuse his likeness to be the โface of the companyโ (should we choose) for commercials, advertisements, etc.
Indicted Giuliani associate seeks White House communications
On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, federal prosecutors brought new wire fraud charges against the associate of Rudy Giuliani, who was involved in attempts to get Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden's son. Trumpโs efforts to press Ukraine for an investigation of the Bidens led the House to impeach him, though he was later acquitted by the Senate. When Parnas was arrested in October 2019, Democrats in the U.S. House were seeking his testimony about his involvement with Giuliani's Ukrainian effort. Giuliani, a Republican, has said he knew nothing about illegal campaign donations. In his legal filing Tuesday, Bondy didn't offer evidence that there had been any interference by the White House in the campaign fraud investigation, which was overseen by prosecutors in New York.
AP sources: Trump floats Sidney Powell as special counsel
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump floated naming lawyer Sidney Powell, who was booted from his campaign's legal team after pushing unfounded conspiracy theories, as a special counsel investigating allegations of voter fraud as he grasps for straws to stay in power. It is unclear whether Trump intends to try to move forward with the effort to install Powell. Trumpโs campaign and his allies have now filed roughly 50 lawsuits alleging widespread voting fraud and almost all have been dismissed or dropped. That includes Giuliani, who during the Friday meeting pushed Trump to seize voting machines in his hunt for evidence of fraud. "She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team.
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Hunter Biden's ties to Burisma in particular have long dogged the policy work and political aspirations of his father, Joe Biden, now the president-elect of the United States. Hunter Biden confirmed Wednesday that his taxes are under federal investigation. In addition to the Burisma-related request, the subpoena issued last week also seeks information on Hunter Biden's Chinese business dealings and other financial transactions. At one point in the investigation, federal prosecutors were also examining potential money laundering offenses, two people familiar with the matter told the AP.
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Hunter Biden's ties to Burisma in particular have long dogged the policy work and political aspirations of his father, Joe Biden, now the president-elect of the United States. Hunter Biden confirmed Wednesday that his taxes are under federal investigation. In addition to the Burisma-related request, the subpoena issued last week also seeks information on Hunter Biden's Chinese business dealings and other financial transactions. At one point in the investigation, federal prosecutors were also examining potential money laundering offenses, two people familiar with the matter told the AP.
Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news
The president on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 confirmed in a tweet that Giuliani had tested positive for the virus. On numerous occasions, Giuliani met with officials for hours at a time without wearing a mask, including hearings last week with state lawmakers in Arizona, Georgia and Michigan. Giuliani spoke for hours last week before a Republican-led committee in Lansing investigating alleged election irregularities. Giuliani traveled last Monday to Phoenix, where he met with Republican legislators for an hourslong hearing in which he was maskless. The Arizona Republican Party tweeted a photo of Giuliani and several state GOP lawmakers standing shoulder-to-shoulder and maskless.
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive COVID test
President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. The president on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 confirmed in a tweet that Giuliani had tested positive for the virus. Trump, who announced Giuliani's positive test in a Sunday afternoon tweet, wished him a speedy recovery. His son Andrew Giuliani, who is a White House aide, announced a day after the event that he had tested positive for the virus. To say I am livid would be too kind.โBefore the hearing, Giuliani and Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox โ both maskless โ did a virtual briefing for GOP activists.
EXPLAINER: How does AP choose which lawsuits to cover?
While The Associated Press has covered the details of many of these lawsuits, it has not written a story on every one. Even before voting began, AP assigned a team of legal reporters to cover litigation in battleground states and to follow those cases through to the end. AP reporters and editors have read every lawsuit and their affidavits to assess which ones are the most newsworthy because of their potential impact on the overall election. As with all stories, AP reporters and editors approach the topic with an open mind, then collect facts and assess them. Remember, hundreds of lawsuits are filed in the United States each day, and journalists use their judgment about which ones merit news coverage.
Trump tactics to overturn election could have staying power
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)ATLANTA โ Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the legitimacy of the election and seeking to overturn the will of voters could have staying power. Supporters include congressional candidates, state lawmakers, party chairs, conservative legal groups and appointees to previously little-known state vote-certification boards. Even so, Trump has found friendly lawmakers and party officials willing to bolster his claims and adopt his tactics. The effort then shifted to Michigan, where Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani appeared at a four-hour legislative hearing to argue that fraud had occurred. As Trump hints at running for president again, he will need his supporters to stay energized and on his side.
Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race
PHILADELPHIA โ President Donald Trumpโs legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign's latest effort to challenge the stateโs election results. Trumpโs lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the judges' assessment that the โcampaignโs claims have no merit.โโFree, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. We have neither here,โ 3rd Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, a Trump appointee, wrote for the three-judge panel, all appointed by Republican presidents. Trumpโs sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, sat on the court for 20 years, retiring in 2019. โThat has not happened.โA separate Republican challenge that reached the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week seeks to stop the state from further certifying any races on the ballot.
They're baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss
At left are Eric Trump, son of President Trump, and his wife Lara Trump. The 2020 presidential race is turning into the zombie election that Trump just wonโt let die. The judge admonished the Trump campaign in a scathing ruling about its lack of evidence. Trump and his allies have brought at least four cases in Michigan that sought โ unsuccessfully โ to block certification of election results in part or all of the state. Tom Wolf certified Biden as the winner, an appeals court judge ordered state officials to halt any further steps toward certifying election results.
Trump campaign legal team distances itself from Powell
She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity," Giuliani and another lawyer for Trump, Jenna Ellis, said in a statement. There was no immediate clarification from the campaign and Powell did not immediately return an email seeking comment. The statement hints at further tumult for a legal team that has lost case after case in contested states as it works to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election. Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show last week that his team had asked Powell for evidence to support her claims, but that Powell had provided none.
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
But it has proved a disaster in court, where judges uniformly rejected their claims of vote fraud and found the campaign's legal work amateurish. No judges ever found any evidence of election fraud in Pennsylvania or any other state where the campaign sued โ not in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada or Georgia. Judges in Michigan and Arizona, finding no evidence of fraud, refused to block the certification of county vote tallies. โI donโt really pay attention to the chatter until I see a legal brief.โ___On Tuesday, Giuliani stepped into the courtroom. โThe best description of this situation is widespread, nationwide voter fraud,โ Giuliani argued.
In blistering ruling, judge throws out Trump suit in Pennsylvania
(AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)A federal judge issued a scathing order Saturday dismissing the Trump campaignโs futile effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania, shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Brann wrote in his order that Trump had asked the court to disenfranchise almost 7 million voters. โThat has not happened.โEven if he'd won the Pennsylvania case, Trump would have needed to win other lawsuits in other states where he'd also asked to delay certification. Brann ruled that Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes. Opposing lawyer Mark Aronchick suggested Giuliani must not know the Pennsylvania election code.
EXPLAINER: Trump's election challenges falling flat in court
Trump's campaign has failed to make any real headway in court without proof of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn't exist. In a separate case, Trumpโs campaign and the Republican National Committee also had sought to delay the certification of election results in Maricopa County. Maricopa County leaders certified election results Friday. GEORGIATHE CASE: A high-profile conservative attorney, L. Lin Wood Jr., sued in an attempt to block the certification of election results in Georgia. WISCONSINTHE CASE: Trumpโs campaign on Wednesday filed for a recount in the counties that cover Milwaukee and Madison, both Democratic strongholds.
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems heโs not sending his best. Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the country. They also argued a debunked conspiracy theory that Venezuela could have hacked election results through machines used by local authorities. โIโve never seen an election lawyer handle a case as poorly as Giuliani has,โ Hasen said. An attachment to the filing, in citing state election law, references โonly one pole watcherโ instead of โpoll watcher.โExperts say Trump has almost no chance of reversing his loss.
EXPLAINER: Trump's election challenges falling flat in court
Trump's campaign has failed to make any real headway in court without proof of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn't exist. In a separate case, Trumpโs campaign and the Republican National Committee also had sought to delay the certification of election results in Maricopa County. Maricopa County leaders certified election results Friday. In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Brann said the plaintiffs had asked the court to disenfranchise almost 7 million voters. โThat has not happened.โWISCONSINTHE CASE: Trumpโs campaign on Wednesday filed for a recount in the counties that cover Milwaukee and Madison, both Democratic strongholds.
Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win
President Donald Trump listens during an event in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, on prescription drug prices. Experts on Michigan election law said the Board of State Canvassers' authority was limited in scope. The Michigan Legislature would be called on to select electors if Trump succeeded in persuading the board not to certify the results. In two Democratic-leaning counties in Wisconsin that are recounting votes, Trumpโs campaign sought to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted. "Itโs an open attempt to intimidate election officials, itโs absolutely appalling.
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems heโs not sending his best. Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the country. They also argued a debunked conspiracy theory that Venezuela could have hacked election results through machines used by local authorities. โIโve never seen an election lawyer handle a case as poorly as Giuliani has,โ Hasen said. An attachment to the filing, in citing state election law, references โonly one pole watcherโ instead of โpoll watcher.โExperts say Trump has almost no chance of reversing his loss.
EXPLAINER: A look at Trump's long-shot legal challenges
WHAT HAPPENED: A judge on Thursday rejected Republicans' bid to postpone the certification of election results and dismissed the partyโs legal challenge that sought a new audit of a sampling of ballots. In a separate case, Trumpโs campaign and the Republican National Committee also had sought to delay the certification of election results in Maricopa County. GEORGIATHE CASE: A high-profile conservative attorney, L. Lin Wood Jr., sued in an attempt to block the certification of election results in Georgia. WISCONSINTHE CASE: Trumpโs campaign on Wednesday filed for a recount in the counties that cover Milwaukee and Madison, both Democratic strongholds. It alleged โ again without evidence โ that absentee ballots were illegally altered or issued and that government officials violated state law.
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part of a longshot bid to overturn Joe Bidenโs victory. But there has been no evidence of impropriety or fraud in Michigan, election officials have said. But election officials across the country have said repeatedly there was no widespread fraud. In Arizona, the Republican Party is pressuring county officials to delay certifying results. In northwestern Arizona, Mohave County officials postponed their certification until next week.
EXPLAINER: A look at Trump's long-shot legal challenges
In a separate case, Trumpโs campaign and the Republican National Committee had sought to delay the certification of election results in Maricopa County. GEORGIATHE CASE: A high-profile conservative attorney, L. Lin Wood Jr., has sued in an attempt to block the certification of election results in Georgia. Wayne County, which is home to Detroit, unanimously certified its election results on Tuesday, hours after Republicans first blocked formal approval of votersโ intentions. WISCONSINTHE CASE: Trumpโs campaign on Wednesday filed for a recount in the counties that cover Milwaukee and Madison, both Democratic strongholds. State and local elections officials reiterated that there was no evidence to back up the claims Trump was making.
A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
At times, Giuliani struggled to answer Brann's questions, or the Philadelphia lawyer working alongside Giuliani, Linda Kerns, took over in answering. โI donโt expect that he would know the Pennsylvania election code,โ Aronchick said, suggesting โ without saying it โ that Giuliani was an unprepared out-of-towner. And while still in court, Giuliani retweeted someone who said he did a great job in his opening remarks. Long in Trumpโs orbit, Giuliani became a fierce attack dog on Trump's 2016 campaign, lending his celebrity to the underdog effort and earning Trumpโs gratitude. Giuliani burst back into the public eye in the stretch run of this election but has little to show for the Trump campaign's legal efforts.