President Biden on Thursday said he wasn’t aware in advance about the FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment.
“I give you my word I was not, I made a pledge: I would not interfere,” Biden said in an interview with Craig Melvin of NBC News.
“I learned about it last night,” Biden said.
He said, “The Justice Department is the people’s lawyer, not the president’s lawyer.”
Giuliani served as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and was influential in investigating and promoting allegations of Biden family corruption.
The FBI reportedly raided Giuliani as part of a probe into whether the former New York mayor illegally lobbied Trump on behalf of Ukrainian businessmen.
Joe Biden said he did not know about the FBI’s raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home in advance. POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesGiuliani is well known for his attempts to investigate first son Hunter Biden’s reported $50,000-per-month job on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma while his father led the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy.
Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment was raided by the FBI on April 28, 2021. Matthew McDermottGiuliani’s inquiry was a major part of Democrats’ case against Trump during his first impeachment for urging Ukraine to investigate the Burisma relationship.
Police and media at the scene where the FBI served a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s residence at 45 E. 66th St. in Manhattan on April 28, 2021. James Messerschmidt
Ukrainian-born American businessman Lev Parnas (right) with Rudy Giuliani in an undated photo. House Judiciary Committee via APA Delaware computer repairman provided Giuliani with a copy of the hard drive. Giuliani provided those documents to The Post shortly before the presidential election.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch seen at a hearing surrounding a potential criminal case against Rudy Giuliani on Nov. 15, 2019. AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteHunter Biden confirmed in December that he is under federal investigation. He said the investigation is focused on his taxes.
