Rudy Giuliani is going to prison
Remember back when Rudy Giuliani first joined Donald Trump’s legal team, and promised he would magically wrap up the Trump-Russia investigation within two weeks? That was fun. Of course we all knew at the time that Rudy was taking the gig to try to get himself off the legal hook. It turns out he also took the job for another reason – and now that he’s been caught, he’ll end up in prison for it. No, really.
Yesterday we saw Maria Butina plead guilty to conspiring to act as a foreign agent. Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and Michael Flynn all faces similar charges on their way to plea deals. It’s a reminder that this is a very real crime, and that – unless you’re Flynn and cut your deal early and you have a phenomenal amount of dirt up your sleeve on everyone – you go to prison for it. Anyone who gets busted for being a foreign agent at this late date is doing time. Guess what? Rudy Giuliani is getting busted as a foreign agent.
The Democratic Republic of Congo made a huge “consulting” payout to Rudy Giuliani this year with the expectation that Rudy would lobby Donald Trump to drop U.S. sanctions against the nation, according to a new report from the New York Times. We were already fairly certain that Rudy was on the payroll of the government of Turkey, but now we know he’s on the Congo payroll for sure. It’s also clear now that he became Trump’s “attorney” in part so he could personally profit from it.
This comes even as James Comey just revealed the FBI investigation into Rudy Giuliani’s role in the FBI leak about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. There is every reason to expect that Rudy is in legal trouble for his role in the election conspiracy. But now we know that he’s going to prison for being a foreign agent as well. No wonder he’s freaking out more wildly than ever.
