House Democrats announced that they will investigate the role of Rudy Giuliani in what they characterized as efforts to influence the government of Ukraine to help the Trump reelection campaign.
to push the Ukrainian government to investigate whether there was anything improper about the overlap between Biden’s diplomatic efforts in Ukraine and his son’s role with a gas company there.
Giuliani has said he is acting as a private citizen. He told the Times in May that his efforts in Ukraine had the president's full support, adding, “He basically knows what I’m doing, sure, as his lawyer.”threatening to withhold security assistance to Ukraine The House Democrats cited a July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which they said Trump apparently focused on the investigations, telling Zelensky that he is “convinced the new Ukrainian government will be able to quickly improve [the] image of Ukraine, [and] complete [the] investigation of corruption cases, which inhibited the interaction between Ukraine and the USA.
The State Department subsequently acknowledged that Volker used his office to facilitate the meeting between the two, the Democrats say. Although officials say Giuliani “does not speak on behalf of the U.S. Government,” Yermak"publicly stated that 'it was not clear to him whether Mr. Giuliani was representing Mr. Trump in their talks,'” the Democrats wrote.
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