Fox legal analyst: “This is, against Rudy Giuliani, a political persecution masquerading as a potential criminal prosecution”
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Citation From the May 3, 2021, edition of Fox News' Hannity
GREGG JARRETT (FOX LEGAL ANALYST): He is defending the president, and was doing so at the direction and the behest of the president of the United States. That means he doesn't fall under FARA as a foreign lobbyist, no more than a member of Congress would be if he or she traveled to Turkey and spoke with President Erdogan, came back and began advocating a pro-Turkish position. That's not foreign lobbying. That's their job. You know, it's silly and reckless to accuse a lawyer of doing this.
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So, this is, against Rudy Giuliani, a political persecution masquerading as a potential criminal prosecution. It's dumb.