Earlier this month, an article in the New York Observer included the following:
When he ran for Mayor, political opponents called on Mr. Giuliani to account for the firm’s client list—which included the government of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega—and commitment to diversity and public service. As David Margolick wrote in The New York Times: “As far as White & Case’s public image is concerned, Mr. Giuliani has produced far more hail than rain.”
While there’s probably no Manuel Noriega on the Bracewell & Giuliani client list, the affiliation could come to have its own political baggage
I guess the Observer was wrong. That’s excusable. But Rudy making the same mistake twice, what’s his excuse?
Rudy Giuliani's law firm lobbies for Citgo Petroleum Corp., a unit of the state-owned oil company controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who calls President Bush a "madman" and a "devil."
Bracewell & Giuliani registered to lobby for Citgo in Texas on April 26, 2005, less than a month after Giuliani joined the firm and became a name partner, state records show.
Citgo renewed the contract in 2006 and 2007 and pays the firm $5,000 a month to track legislation.