NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney is unlikely to face charges in a nearly two-year investigation into whether he violated laws requiring him to register as a foreign agent in a lobbying case in Ukraine, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The investigation, which is being conducted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI, is still ongoing, the sources said, and has looked into whether Giuliani was involved in possible illegal lobbying.
Those sources said the investigation is not over, but the former Republican New York City mayor said Wednesday that his phones were returned to him and that he met with federal prosecutors in the Manhattan investigation.
“If I were representing someone else, I would tell my client to be cautiously optimistic,” Giuliani said. “These are good signs, but to quote Yogi Berra, ‘It’s not over until it’s over.'”
Giuliani said he met with federal prosecutors and the FBI in February of this year and said he had offered to meet with them for the past two years.
“We had a very good conversation and it lasted about four hours” and said he was “happy” at the prospect of being acquitted.
Spokespeople for the US attorney’s office and the FBI declined immediate comment Wednesday.
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