Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe
Source: CNN
By Evan Perez, Sara Murray and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
Updated 2:00 PM ET, Wed October 16, 2019
(CNN)For months, investigators looking into Rudy Giuliani's business dealings in Ukraine have dug into everything from possible financial entanglements with alleged corrupt Ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties, according to people briefed on the matter.
The counterintelligence part of the investigation indicates that FBI and criminal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking at a broader set of issues related to Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, than has been previously reported.
Kenneth McCallion, a New York attorney, says that investigators first approached him earlier this year to ask about Giuliani's ties to Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Giuliani associates indicted last week on campaign-finance related charges.
McCallion says FBI counterintelligence agents in February or March asked questions about some of Giuliani's Ukrainian business dealings.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/giuliani-counterintelligence-probe/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-10-16T18%3A03%3A21&utm_term=image
Edited to say: Not surprising, but still surprising to see it in print.
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