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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGiuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens' misconduct were not credible, Trump's ex-envoy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/this-is-when-the-inquiry-gets-real-former-us-special-envoy-to-ukraine-testifies-in-impeachment-probe-today/2019/10/03/51365c1b-5a01-4e44-872a-299b67949a5e_story.html
Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens misconduct were not credible, Trumps ex-envoy tells lawmakers
By John Hudson, Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian
Oct. 3, 2019 at 3:47 p.m. EDT
The former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trumps personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, that Giuliani was receiving untrustworthy information from Ukrainian political figures about former vice president Joe Biden and his son, according to two people familiar with his testimony.
Kurt Volker, who resigned last week after being named in a whistleblower complaint that sparked the House impeachment inquiry of Trump, said he tried to caution Guiliani that his sources, including Ukraines former top prosecutor, were unreliable and that he should be careful about putting faith in the prosecutors stories, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed door meeting.
Volkers testimony offers the first inside account of the Trump administrations efforts to press for a Ukrainian investigation into Trumps political rival.
At the heart of this effort is Giulianis contention that, as vice president, Biden pushed for the firing of Ukraines former prosector general, Viktor Shokin, as part of a corrupt plot to halt investigations into a Ukrainian natural gas company that employed Bidens son Hunter.
Joe Biden has denied the accusation, and foreign policy experts have pointed out that Bidens push to remove Shokin was part of a broader international effort that included the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, where leaders viewed Shokin as an inept.
Volker also said that he and other State Department officials cautioned the Ukrainians to steer clear of U.S. politics. Getting involved, he said he told them, would open the nation up to allegations that they were interfering in an election and could be detrimental to Ukraine long-term, according to these two individuals
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Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens misconduct were not credible, Trumps ex-envoy tells lawmakers
By John Hudson, Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian
Oct. 3, 2019 at 3:47 p.m. EDT
The former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trumps personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, that Giuliani was receiving untrustworthy information from Ukrainian political figures about former vice president Joe Biden and his son, according to two people familiar with his testimony.
Kurt Volker, who resigned last week after being named in a whistleblower complaint that sparked the House impeachment inquiry of Trump, said he tried to caution Guiliani that his sources, including Ukraines former top prosecutor, were unreliable and that he should be careful about putting faith in the prosecutors stories, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed door meeting.
Volkers testimony offers the first inside account of the Trump administrations efforts to press for a Ukrainian investigation into Trumps political rival.
At the heart of this effort is Giulianis contention that, as vice president, Biden pushed for the firing of Ukraines former prosector general, Viktor Shokin, as part of a corrupt plot to halt investigations into a Ukrainian natural gas company that employed Bidens son Hunter.
Joe Biden has denied the accusation, and foreign policy experts have pointed out that Bidens push to remove Shokin was part of a broader international effort that included the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, where leaders viewed Shokin as an inept.
Volker also said that he and other State Department officials cautioned the Ukrainians to steer clear of U.S. politics. Getting involved, he said he told them, would open the nation up to allegations that they were interfering in an election and could be detrimental to Ukraine long-term, according to these two individuals
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2nd bombshell from the Volker hearing so far - Gym Jordan claimed it was a nothingburger. Hardly...
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Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens' misconduct were not credible, Trump's ex-envoy (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)1. Wow, you caught that one fast. It's literally breaking now. Thanks!
global1
(25,270 posts)2. Rudy Doesn't Care What's Credible and What's Not....
his job was to throw up enough chaff to confuse the issue. Unfortunately for Rudy - he's thrown up so much chaff - that he confused himself as well.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)3. This satisfies one of the criteria for a libel/slander suit even by a public figure:
That the defendants know the allegation is false, which leads to the reasonable inference that the allegation was made with malice (another criteria).
(This was an active discussion earlier this morning on DU)
EDIT: Replaced plaintiffs with defendants