Federal prosecutors told a judge Monday that Rudy Giuliani won't face criminal charges for violating U.S. lobbying laws.
Giuliani, a former top federal prosecutor who has acted as former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer in the past, faced a grand jury probe in the Southern District of New York.
He was being investigated by a grand jury for violating the U.S. Foreign Agents registration act and trying to oust the American ambassador.
His electronic devices were seized by federal agents.
The grand jury investigation that led to the issuance of the above-referenced warrants has ended, and criminal charges are not forthcoming based on information currently available to the Government, according to a letter from the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.
Williams wrote to the judge asking that the appointment of Barbara Jones as a special master be terminated.
Arthur Aidala said it was rare for the Southern District of New York to make a definitive comment about not pressing criminal charges.
Aidala said that they were very pleased but not surprised that they had done so.
A grand jury in Georgia is looking into interference in that state's presidential election in 2020.
Giuliani had his law license suspended in New York state because of what a judicial panel called his "defamatory and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer" for Trump and the Trump campaign.
The panel said that the false statements were made to bolster the narrative that the victory in the 2020 US presidential election was stolen from his client.
The license to practice law in Washington, D.C. was suspended immediately because of the New York suspension.
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