Federal Investigators Search Giuliani’s Apartment

Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant at the Upper East Side apartment of Rudy Giuliani, the New York Times reports.

“Executing a search warrant is an extraordinary move for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president, and it marks a major turning point in the long-running investigation into Mr. Giuliani.”

“While the warrant is not an explicit accusation of wrongdoing against Mr. Giuliani, it shows that the investigation has entered an aggressive new phase. To obtain a search warrant, investigators need to persuade a judge they have sufficient reason to believe that a crime was committed and that the search would turn up evidence of the crime.”

The Washington Post reports the warrant allowed for the “seizure of his electronic devices.”

Giuliani’s office was also searched, according to Maggie Haberman.