Former U.S. president Trump Launches Furious Rant After Rudy Giuliani's House Raid

Former U.S. president Trump Launches Furious Rant After Rudy Giuliani's House Raid

- Donald Trump was furious after his lawyer's home and the office was raided by the FBI

- He defended Rudy Giuliani and called him a great patriot and he called the raid "unfair"

- The FBI is interested in Giuliani's business interests in Ukraine and the raid marks an escalation in their investigation

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Former U.S. president, Donald Trump, launched a scathing attack on Fox Business on Thursday, April 29, in the wake of the raid carried out by the FBI on Rudy Giuliani's home.

Legit.ng gathered that two locations were raided and federal agents confiscated computers and cell phones, adding that this is a marked escalation in the investigation into Giuliani.

Former U.S. president Trump Launches Furious Rant After Rudy Giuliani's House Raid
Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack after Rudy Giuliani's home and the office were raided by the FBI. Photo credit: Elijah Nouvelage
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His business dealings are being scrutinised, particularly his work in Ukraine. Tump described Giuliani as a "great patriot" according to the Huffington Post.

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Trump reportedly said that it was "like, so unfair."

He slammed the authorities and accused the FBI of double standards. Trump vaguely mentioned corruption while defending Giuliani saying that Rudy loved his country and it was sad that this happened to him.

Giuliani denied that the raids that took place at his home and office had anything to do with his business interests in Ukraine.

The Guadian reported that White House press secretary Jen Psaki revealed that they had not been given any information about the raid.

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Trump's former lawyer had warned that Guiliani would be the next person he "threw under the bus."

"What I told him was that Donald Trump doesn't care about anyone or anything, that he will be the next one to be thrown under the bus," says Michael Cohen of Rudy Giuliani.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the United States Mission in Nigeria announced it would prioritise visa applications by Nigerian students who hope to resume academic studies in America by September 2021.

It was reported that the US mission made this known in a statement on Friday, April 30, signed by Temitayo Famutimi of the public affairs section of the US Consulate General.

Susan Tuller, the US mission country consular coordinator, reportedly promised that efforts would be made to assist student visa applicants in a timely fashion while keeping personnel and customers safe.

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