Rudy Giuliani joins ‘Tucker’ after FBI raid, claims agents showed no interest in Hunter Biden hard drives

Former NYC mayor, Trump attorney denies any wrongdoing

By Yael Halon | Fox News

Rudy Giuliani joined “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Thursday for his first television interview since the FBI raided his New York City apartment and seized the former New York City mayor’s electronic devices in connection with a probe of whether he violated the law by lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials.

Giuliani recalled being woken by a loud “bang” at 6 a.m. Wednesday and being greeted by seven FBI agents at his door with a search warrant.

“I looked at the warrant, and I said, ‘You know, this is extraordinary because I offered to give these to the government and talk it over with them for two years,'” he told host Tucker Carlson.

The agents remained in Giuliani’s apartment for nearly two hours, seizing several electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones, the former Trump attorney said.

“I don’t know why they have to do this,” Giuliani said, recalling that the agents “seemed somewhat apologetic.”

“They were very, very professional and very gentlemanly.”

Federal authorities are investigating whether Giuliani violated the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) by failing to report his alleged activities on behalf of Ukraine to the Justice Department. Giuliani has denied any wrongdoing.

“The search warrant is on one single failure to file for representing a Ukrainian national or official that I never represented,” he told Tucker.

“I never represented a Ukrainian national or official before the United States government. I’ve declined it several times. I’ve had contracts in countries like Ukraine. In the contract is a clause that says I will not engage in lobbying or foreign representation. I don’t do it because I felt it would be too compromising.”

Giuliani also noted the FBI’s apparent disinterest in the electronic hard drives from Hunter Biden’s laptop, which he said technically “fall within the scope of the subpoena.”

“At the end of the search, when they had taken about, I would say, seven or eight electronic items of mine … they weren’t taking the three hard drives, which of course, are electronic devices. They just mimic the computer. I said, ‘Well, don’t you want these?’ And they said, ‘What are they? I said, ‘Those are Hunter Biden’s hard drives. And they said ‘no, no, no.”

___
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rudy-giuliani-reacts-fbi-raid-apartment-hunter-biden-ukraine