Rudy Giuliani may be under federal investigation for potential obstruction of justice, fraud and money laundering, but he insists his knowledge of the law will keep him from any criminal prosecution.

The federal Southern District of New York is reportedly looking into records and information involving President Donald Trump s personal attorney and his associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.

Its quite a change for Giuliani, given that he ran the SDNY for most of the 1980s. Not surprisingly, he has harsh words for the districts current team in an interview with New York magazine that seems to have been fueled by Bloody Marys.

If theyre investigating me, theyre assholes. Theyre absolutely assholes if theyre investigating me, he told reporter Olivia Nuzzi, who noted that saliva leaked from the corner of his mouth and then fell onto his sweater.

He added:

If they think I committed a crime, theyre out of their minds. Ive been doing this for 50 years. I know how not to commit crimes. And if they think Ive lost my integrity, maybe theyve lost theirs in their insanity over hating Trump with some of the things they did that I never wouldve tolerated when I was U.S. Attorney.

Parnas and Fruman were indicted in October on federal campaign finance charges, and Nuzzi asked Giuliani how he ever trusted them in the first place.

They look like Miami people. I know a lot of Miami people that look like that that are perfectly legitimate and act like them, the former New York mayor said, adding that neither have ever been convicted of a crime.

Neither one. And generally thats my cutoff point, because if you do it based on allegations and claims and youre not gonna work with anybody. Particularly in business, he said.

Giuliani also continued to smear former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who he previously said was an obstacle in his attempt to find dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, in part by claiming she was controlled by Jewish billionaire George Soros .

Soros, he asserted, put all four ambassadors there. And hes employing the FBI agents.

When Nuzzi told Giuliani he sounded crazy, he insisted he wasnt and then bizarrely claimed he was more of a Jew than Soros.

Dont tell me Im anti-Semitic if I oppose him, he said. Soros is hardly a Jew. Im more of a Jew than Soros is. I probably know more about he doesnt go to church, he doesnt go to religion synagogue. He doesnt belong to a synagogue, he doesnt support Israel, hes an enemy of Israel. Hes elected eight anarchist DAs in the United States. Hes a horrible human being.

Giuliani also accused the media of falsely reporting he has business interests in Ukraine before telling Nuzzi about all his business interests in Ukraine.

Ive done two business deals in Ukraine, he said. Ive sought four or five others, he said.

You can read the complete interview here.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, later condemned Giulianis remarks, telling the Daily Beast that the former mayor is not the arbiter of who is Jewish and who is not, or what is anti-Semitic and what is not.

Mr. Giuliani should apologize and retract his comments immediately, unless he seeks to dog whistle to hardcore anti-Semites and white supremacists who believe this garbage, Greenblatt said.

When NBC News asked Giuliani if the remarks were made it jest, he doubled down via text: Im more Jewish than half my friends.

This was updated.