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Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said the Justice Department should go ahead if he wants to investigate whether he has disclosed his work on behalf of foreign clients.
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Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said the Justice Department should go ahead if he wants to investigate whether he has disclosed his work on behalf of foreign clients.
Andrew Harnik / AP
Seven Senate Democrats want the Department of Justice to consider whether Rudy Giuliani is complying with the law requiring US lawyers to register when they work for foreign clients.
Go ahead, said Giuliani.
"Let them fall," said the former mayor of New York at NPR.
Senators – Tom Udall, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley and Dick Durbin – pointed out that there are reports that Giuliani not only worked for President Trump but represented foreign clients. Foreign Agents Registration Act.
"We are writing about public reports that suggest that the president's personal attorney … has conducted a number of political and public relations activities on behalf of foreign entities," they wrote. Thursday to John Demers, Deputy Attorney General of the National Security Division. from the Ministry of Justice.
"The many foreign clients of Mr. Giuliani and the ongoing communications with senior US government officials raise important concerns," Senators continued.
They cited its links with the Party of Regions in Ukraine, Mujahedin-e-Khalq or MEK, and anonymous clients in Colombia and Brazil.
Also: "Press releases on the website of Mr. Giuliani's security company describe additional work for the governments of Chile, Dominica, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador", said the Democrats in their announcement.
Giuliani stated that he had never represented any foreign government in the United States or before.
"I have worked for foreign entities, but in those countries," Giuliani said. "Basically, it's the maintenance of order and security activities that have nothing to do with the financial interests of the United States of America – which FARA covers."
The once obscure law has gained new relevance since the appointment of Justice Special Advisor Robert Mueller. Prosecutors have begun to use it – including against the former chairman of President Trump's campaign, Paul Manafort – after years of repression deemed too lax.
