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Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe

By CHAD DAY ways that have alienated
Associated Press minorities, and taking bull-
WASHINGTON (AP) — For- ish stances on immigration
mer New York City Mayor enforcement.
Rudy Giuliani, an outspo- In 2016, for instance, Giu-
ken supporter of Donald liani fiercely criticized the
Trump since the early days Black Lives Matter move-
of his campaign, is joining ment, saying it encouraged
the team of lawyers repre- violence against police.
senting the president in the More recently, he has said
special counsel's Russia in- he was consulted by Trump
vestigation. on how to implement the
With the addition of Giu- travel ban put in place last
liani, Trump gains a former year against Muslim-majori-
U.S. attorney, a past presi- ty nations.
dential candidate and a Giuliani has been working
TV-savvy defender at a at the influential law firm
time when the White House Greenberg Traurig, where
is looking for ways to bring he has been a senior ad-
the president's involvement viser and head of the firm's
with special counsel Robert cybersecurity, privacy and
Mueller's investigation to a crisis management prac-
close. tice.
The president has been President Donald Trump, center, speaks to members of the media while walking with Homeland On Thursday, the firm's ex-
weighing whether to sit for Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right, and Navy Adm. Kurt Walter Tidd, left, Commander of the ecutive chairman Richard
U.S. Southern Command, during Trump's visit to Joint Interagency Task Force South anti-smuggling
questioning by Mueller's center in Key West, Fla. A. Rosenbaum released a
team, and his legal team Associated Press statement saying Giuliani
has repeatedly met with would be taking a leave of
investigators to define the Cohen's office, home and low New Yorker, confidant are married and run a law absence "for an unspeci-
scope of the questions he hotel room were raided last and Mar-a-Lago regular. firm together, are based in fied period of time to han-
would face. Giuliani will en- week by the FBI, who are "Rudy is great," Trump said. Florida but handle cases dle matters unrelated to
ter those negotiations, fill- investigating the lawyer's "He has been my friend for across the United States. the law firm or its clients."
ing the void left by attorney business dealings, includ- a long time and wants to Both have extensive expe- Giuliani's addition to the
John Dowd, who resigned ing suspected bank fraud. get this matter quickly re- rience prosecuting orga- Trump legal team puts a re-
last month. They also sought records re- solved for the good of the nized crime and represent- newed spotlight on his past
It's a precarious time for lated to payments to porn country." ing defendants in complex legal and consulting work.
Trump. His legal team has actress Stormy Daniels and Giuliani will be joining Seku- white-collar and fraud in- His flirtation with becoming
been told by Mueller that former Playboy model Kar- low on Trump's personal vestigations. Trump's secretary of state
the president is not a target en McDougal, who both legal team but will be Giuliani, who was New York was thwarted, in part, be-
of the investigation, sug- claim to have had sexual working closely with White mayor during the Sept. 11 cause of growing concerns
gesting he's not in imminent encounters with Trump sev- House lawyer Ty Cobb, who attacks, has known Trump about his overseas business
criminal jeopardy. But he is eral years ago. The White has also been handling the for decades and his ag- ties.
currently a subject of the House has denied the administration's coopera- gressive, hard-charging After leaving office as may-
probe — a designation that claims. tion with the Mueller inves- rhetorical style can at times or, Giuliani advised foreign
could change at any time. The raids enraged Trump, tigation. mirror that of the president. political figures and worked
Trump personal attorney prompting him to pub- "It is an honor to be a part He had widely been ex- for lobbying and security
Jay Sekulow told The As- licly weigh whether to fire of such an important legal pected to join Trump's ad- firms whose clients have
sociated Press that Giu- Mueller or Deputy Attorney team, and I look forward to ministration. But Giuliani had complicated relation-
liani will be focusing on the General Rod Rosenstein. not only working with the rejected the idea of be- ships with the U.S. govern-
Mueller investigation — not He also intensified his pub- President but with Jay, Ty coming attorney general, ment. While not person-
the legal matters raised by lic attacks on the Mueller and their colleagues," Giu- lobbying Trump to name ally involved in lobbying,
the ongoing investigation investigation, calling it "an liani said in a statement. him secretary of state. Giuliani spent years at firms
into Trump attorney Mi- attack on our country." In addition to Giuliani, two Trump picked Rex Tillerson that represented foreign
chael Cohen. That probe In a statement announc- other former federal pros- and Giuliani was left with- governments and multina-
is being led by the U.S. at- ing Giuliani's hire, Trump ecutors — Jane Serene out a Cabinet post. tional companies, some
torney in Manhattan, an of- expressed his wish that the Raskin and Marty Raskin The two men share similar of which had interests that
fice that Giuliani headed in investigation wrap up soon — will be joining Trump's policy ideals, publicly sup- diverged from those of the
the mid- to late 1980s. and praised Giuliani, a fel- legal team. The two, who porting law enforcement in United States.q