Thread by @WendySiegelman, Matt Gaetz's new lawyer Marc Mukasey was an advisor to Giuliani's failed [...]

Matt Gaetz's new lawyer Marc Mukasey was an advisor to Giuliani's failed 2008 presidential bid and followed him to 2 law firms until 2019. Mukasey's prior clients include Roger Ailes, Psy-Group founder Joel Zamel, and Trump Org and Trump Foundation https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1380524436021985281

https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1380524436021985281

More on Marc Mukasey

Father Michael Mukasey "met Giuliani when they both worked together as federal prosecutors and became close friends"

Michael Mukasey was US attorney general for George W. Bush 2007-2009

A client of son Marc Mukasey was Halliburton https://news.yahoo.com/marc-mukasey-lawyer-trump-universe-183500453.html

Meet the lawyer at the center of the Trump universe

Marc Mukasey has deep, personal connections within President Trump’s orbit, and he has worked on a number of high-profile cases involving the president.

https://news.yahoo.com/marc-mukasey-lawyer-trump-universe-183500453.html

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1003805361713926145?s=20

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1003805361713926145?s=20

Matt Gaetz's lawyer Marc Mukasey's father represented Prevezon - the firm accused of being part of fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky

Michael Mukasey appeared in court to represent Prevezon on Jun 9, the day Natalia Veselnitskaya met Don Jr at Trump Tower https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-russian-lawyer-and-the-lobbyist-from-the-trump-jr

The Russian Lawyer And The Lobbyist From The Trump Jr. Meeting Had A Busy Month Last June

Natalia Veselnitskaya was not only at the Trump Tower meeting that's dominated the news this week. She spent the first half of June appearing at several key moments for Russian relations in the US —...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-russian-lawyer-and-the-lobbyist-from-the-trump-jr

Michael Mukasey and Rudy Giuliani represented Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab against criminal charges related to engaging in hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions for Iran’s government and Iranian entities from 2010-2015 to evade US sanctions https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-zarrab/giuliani-mukasey-can-represent-turkish-gold-trader-zarrab-u-s-judge-idUSKBN18S5GH

Giuliani, Mukasey can represent Turkish gold trader Zarrab: U.S. judge

A federal judge on Thursday said former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey have potential conflicts of interest, but may help the wealthy Turkish...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-zarrab/giuliani-mukasey-can-represent-turkish-gold-trader-zarrab-u-s-judge-idUSKBN18S5GH

Michael Mukasey and Rudy Giuliani spent years giving paid speeches and writing newspaper op-eds for the Iranian dissident group Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) - a group the State Department had designated as a foreign terrorist organization until 2012 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/giuliani-s-work-iranian-group-bloody-past-could-lead-more-n1067766

Giuliani’s work for Iranian group with bloody past could lead to more legal woes

Giuliani ally Michael Mukasey’s move to register as a lobbyist for an Iranian dissident group may spur the DOJ to investigate, experts say.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/giuliani-s-work-iranian-group-bloody-past-could-lead-more-n1067766

As noted by @MountainsStars Rudy Giuliani, Michael Mukasey, William Barr and John Ashcroft served on the Republican National Lawyers Association Board of Visitors together. https://twitter.com/MountainsStars/status/1184951849071210496?s=20

https://twitter.com/MountainsStars/status/1184951849071210496?s=20

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