They go after his lawyers
So apparently Rudy Giuliani should be allowed to break whatever laws he chooses now, because if he’s not then that’s fascism?
Attorney Alan Dershowitz on Sunday criticized federal agents’ raid on Rudy Giuliani’s apartment last week, telling radio host John Catsimatidis that it was reminiscent of conduct seen in authoritarian countries.
“In banana republics, in Castro‘s Cuba, in many parts of the world when a candidate loses for president, they go after the candidate, they go after his lawyers, they go after his friends,” Dershowitz said. “That’s happening in America now. They’re going after Rudy Giuliani.”
So Rudy Giuliani should have permanent total immunity now? Because he was Trump’s lawyer and fixer and enforcer? Is that how that works?
Federal agents seized electronic devices in an early-morning raid on Giuliani’s apartment on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation. Agents sought communications between Giuliani and a number of Ukrainian officials, along with evidence related to former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Investigators are reportedly pursuing a theory that Giuliani pushed to oust Yovanovitch as ambassador at the behest of Ukrainian government officials, in exchange for information on Biden family business dealings in Ukraine. Such an action could be considered a violation of federal lobbying laws, however Giuliani has strenuously denied the allegation.
But Giuliani is not the most trustworthy witness in the world, is he. He did a lot of lying for Trump. We don’t have to believe his denials, even the strenuous ones.
The key point Dershowitz misses is that in banana republics they go after the lawyers for no good reason.
Well he doesn’t so much miss it as conceal it.
Dershowitz is afraid they’ll come after him.
Well talking hyperbolic nonsense to right-wing journalists will be sure to prevent that.
@iknklast #1
No, the problem in banana republics is that the leaders and their attorneys flout the law. Of course they get prosecuted.
They should follow that ‘strenuously denied’ with a few bullet points to help people assess how respectfully we should treat Rudy’s truth claims, e.g. ‘Giuliani has previously strenuously denied that x, x, x and he has strenuously claimed that y, y, y.’
Prosecution of those who have flouted the law, particularly leaders, is a necessary part of de-bannacization.