NYT: Giuliani Unlikely To Face Charges Over Ukraine

The New York Times reports:

As Rudolph W. Giuliani comes under intensifying scrutiny for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, another legal threat is quietly fading: the criminal inquiry into his ties to Ukraine during the presidential campaign.

The investigation, conducted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the F.B.I., has examined whether Mr. Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials who helped him impugn Joseph R. Biden Jr., then expected to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

But after nearly three years, that inquiry into Mr. Giuliani, the former personal lawyer to Donald J. Trump, is unlikely to result in charges, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

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A federal investigation into whether Rudy Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials who helped him impugn Joe Biden during the 2020 campaign is unlikely to end in charges, people with knowledge of the matter said. https://t.co/N1xFxkw7ac

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