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President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said on Sunday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had told him he was aware of his unorthodox diplomatic campaign to pressure Ukraine's government to dig up political dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
"I did not do this on my own. I did it at the request of the State Department and I have all of the text messages to prove it. And I also have a thank you from them from doing a good job," Giuliani said on "Face the Nation." "When I talked to the secretary last week, he said he was aware of it."
Giuliani's claim on Sunday echoes recent allegations that he and others, including a whistleblower whose compliant is at the center of an impeachment push against Mr. Trump, have made about the State Department's supposed involvement in his behind-the-scenes outreach to Ukraine, a staunch U.S. ally dealing with a Russian-backed insurgency in its eastern territory.
Along with denouncing a call in July in which Mr. Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigative the Bidens, the whistleblower in the complaint said senior State Department officials including the former U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker reached out to Giuliani to "contain the damage" of his rogue communication with the Ukrainian government.
Giuliani has said the State Department's involvement in his outreach to the Ukrainian government started in July, when he said Volker connected him with a top Zelensky aide. Soon after meeting with the aide, Andriy Yermak, Giuliani said he called both Volker and the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, to brief them on his conversation.
After that phone call, Giuliani said he participated in a "full debriefing" on the matter on August 12.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/giuliani-says-pompeo-told-him-he-was-aware-of-ukraine-outreach/ar-AAI1A4w?li=BBnbcA1
Problem is Giuliani is not a Federal employee. Not sure of the legal particulars but if he's lobbying a foreign government that might be a mark against him.
struggle4progress
(118,037 posts)But, no, I never said they did. So they didn't. I'm very eager to help clear this up!"
empedocles
(15,751 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)So hilarious. What bumblefucks.
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)Jarqui
(10,110 posts)He said former prosecutor Shokin had his affidavit on the internet six months ago - like it was old news thatr could be easily obtained.
In fact, it was sworn to recently and translated Sept 4, 2019 - a few weeks after the whistleblower complaint was filed Aug 12th.
It is back-filling to try to cover their tracks and create a scandal where there is none.
I refuse to link to it because it is full of BS and what Giuliani wants.
paleotn
(17,778 posts)they'd have never gotten out of Munich. As many said, one defense we have is the stupidity of the usurpers.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,615 posts)Keep talking, asshole.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,813 posts)You are making the case for impeachment without any help from the Democrats.