Posted on 12/04/2007 11:49:10 AM PST by jdm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has stepped down as head of his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, after months of refusing to disclose the firm's clients or the role he played.
Giuliani's spokeswoman, Sunny Mindel, says the former New York City mayor has been replaced as chairman by Peter Powers, a longtime friend and former aide.
The firm was started when Giuliani left City Hall. It earned him around $4 million last year. The spokeswoman did not say whether he would retain his interest in the company.
While insisting the firm's client list was confidential, Giuliani has noted the media have named a number of his clients.
Published reports have identified one client as the Persian Gulf country of Qatar, which was accused of sheltering suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, although that country today it is a U.S. ally.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Too late, Rudy : )
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Now he will demand that this is off limits for investigation. What a dope! And this guy is supposed to be an expert on security?
Hmmmm...I wonder what corruption and seedy deals he’s running away from before they surface.
Rudolph the 9/11 Grifter is a loser for the GOP.
Let the cleansing begin!
“It boggles one’s mind how arrogantly brazen RINOs are. Their sheer contempt for the voters’ intelligence, perhaps not entirely unfounded, is astounding nonetheless.”
Indeed! H.L. Mencken were he alive today would be interesting to read : )
About 6 months late, but money is money.
Liz fyi.
Don’t these politicoiots realized with the internet, we will find more about what they do behind closed doors than their staff and families know.
Look at how fast the Gay Not a Real General hoax unfolded on CNN after their rigged debate.
He and the Clintons are in the same category.
A new one?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=3952216
Rudy Giuliani: Friends in All the Wrong Places
Hank Asher: Since 2005, Asher has been presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani’s partner in Jari Research, a firm dedicated to finding a cure to multiple myeloma cancer. Asher, who is worth $700 million, had, by his own admission, smuggled millions of dollars of cocaine from the Bahamas to the U.S. earlier in his life. He later cooperated with law enforcement in an effort to end similar smuggling operations. And recently, his name appeared in a federal indictment for a bribery case, although he himself was not charged.
I decided to post the whole ABC article on Asher:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934823/posts
Mr. Giuliani remains a 30% equity owner of Giuliani Partners, Mr. Powers said. Between January 2006 and May 2007, Mr. Giuliani earned $4.1 million from the firm, according to Mr. Giuliani's federal financial disclosure report.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119673921127412818.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Dang! Here, I'm finding out, I've been in the wrong business all my life!
Thank God the politicons are internet dummies....they have NO clue.
Excellent find.
Thanks for posting and pinging us.
Rudy had better be careful:
He isn’t a Kennedy, a Clintoon nor a democrat. Even Rinos can’t get away with stuff like this.
A few of us have been finding all sorts of very interesting business relationships.
Most of those threads are keyworded “Giuliani Partners.”
Very good point.
A friend once told me, "If you don't know the why/where/how of anything, follow the money".
I think that friend knew what she was talking about.
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