Giuliani's Ukraine efforts are a formalization of the rumor-to-Trump pipeline
Testifying before impeachment investigators earlier this year, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent was asked about the various Ukraine-focused narratives in conservative media this spring. Driven heavily by then-Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko (apparently eager to preserve his power), one focused on undermining civil anti-corruption organizations like Ukraine’s Anticorruption Action Center, or AntAC. AntAC, the argument went, was affiliated with liberal donor George Soros — a guilt-by-association charge requiring no further explanation in conservative circles.
Kent noted that the invocation of Soros was not limited to AntAC. Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, had publicly accused then-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch of leaving the State Department to work for Soros.
Asked if there was any truth to the claim, Kent was adamant.
“Fake news,” Kent replied, appropriating one of Trump’s favorite lines. “It was, you know — He stated something that was fake, not true, publicly.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/giulianis-ukraine-efforts-are-a-formalization-of-the-rumor-to-trump-pipeline/ar-BBYt3OM?li=BBnbcA1
Okay Rudy.
