Rudy Giuliani’s Communications Director Resigns

Rudy Giuliani’s communications director has resigned from her position. Christianné Allen has worked at Giuliani Communication LLC since December of 2019 and in a statement yesterday said she is “proud of the accomplishments we achieved” and outlined her role in launching Giuliani’s podcast. She said she is leaving to join an unnamed ‘rising tech startup.’ Allen will be replaced by Todd Shapiro of Shapiro Associates in New York who has worked with the former mayor for the past 6 months.

Giuliani has been under investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office for the southern district of New York since early 2019. Prosecutors are looking into whether he violated foreign lobbying laws by operating on behalf of Ukrainian officials when he sought to oust the then-US ambassador of Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while urging Ukraine to investigate President Biden and his son Hunter. In April, federal agents executed search warrants at his Manhattan apartment and Park Avenue office seizing 18 electronic devices according to court filings. Giuliani is also facing a major defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems. He also had his law license suspended in both Washington D.C. and New York.  He has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.