Giuliani Provides Details of What Trump Knew About Ambassador's Removal

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times




WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday that he provided President Trump with detailed information this year about how the United States ambassador to Ukraine was, in Mr. Giuliani’s view, impeding investigations that could benefit Mr. Trump, setting in motion the ambassador’s recall from her post.

In an interview, Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, described how he passed along to Mr. Trump “a couple of times” accounts about how the ambassador, Marie L. Yovanovitch, had frustrated efforts that could be politically helpful to Mr. Trump. They included investigations involving former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Ukrainians who disseminated documents that damaged Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign. The president in turn connected Mr. Giuliani with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who asked for more information, Mr. Giuliani said. Within weeks, Ms. Yovanovitch was recalled as ambassador at the end of April and was told that Mr. Trump had lost trust in her.

The circumstances of Ms. Yovanovitch’s ouster after a smear campaign engineered in part by Mr. Giuliani were documented during testimony to the House Intelligence Committee, where she was a key witness in impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump. Mr. Giuliani has made no secret of his role in flagging concerns about Ms. Yovanovitch to Mr. Trump. But Mr. Giuliani’s account, in an interview with The New York Times on Monday evening, provided additional detail about the president’s knowledge of and involvement in one element of a pressure campaign against Ukraine.

Mr. Giuliani’s interview came as the House prepared for a vote on Wednesday to impeach Mr. Trump. The articles of impeachment put forward by Democrats accuse the president of abusing the power of his office to push Ukraine to help him politically and of obstructing Congress by blocking testimony from key officials. Over several weeks of testimony, Democrats assembled a case that Mr. Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine and denied its president an Oval Office meeting as he sought a commitment from the Ukrainians for the investigations promoted by Mr. Giuliani.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/politics/giuliani-yovanovitch-ukraine.html

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Wonder if Lindsey Graham is reconsidering his invitation

to Rudy to testify?

[Iliyah]

3. Nope . . .

Also not under oath, behind closed doors, and no Democrats in attendance. Of course Senator Collins will approve.

[cstanleytech]

9. Well had they sworn Rudy in then he might be in trouble for perjury and that would look bad so they

had to avoid having him give sworn testimony.

[Botany]

2. And so Rudy was being paid by the Russians/Vlad through Lev Parnas to help invent dirt on the Bidens

And Trump, Pence, and Pompeo all knew about this little scheme too.

But in the end what about Hillary's emails?

[Scarsdale]

4. Forget Hillary's emails.

What about "Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi"? They never got to the bottom of that yet, after what - 3 hearings? Rudy needs to retire, get off T.V. get out of politics. Hey, Rudy, you can only spend so much money. Your reputation is in shreds. We have seen the REAL Rudy. Slimy little traitor who will do anything for cash.

[Botany]

5. Well when Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi went nowhere "they" went after HRC's emails ...

... which turned out to be nothing and then they went to Hillary's email server. Now it
is the exact same thing is happening again but the foreign country is the Ukraine
(Putin/Russia really) and it is the Bidens.

[Scarsdale]

6. If the gop REALLY wanted

to uncover dirt (which they do not) all they need to do is investigate each other! There is a whole minefield of dirty dealings being accomplished by the gop, while trying to smear innocent people. There is not a single member with "clean hands" in the gop.

[Botany]

7. They are all so dirty that protecting Trump is protecting themselves.

Trump is the biggest crook in American history and this is the biggest crime in American history.
So many moving parts one person outside of Vlad or Bill Barr can't get their head around it all.

How many Republicans are dirty w/Russian money?

FYI https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212789463

[wwwmovetoamend]

8. Foot in mouth disease,

Rudy could use a sock or some other item to stick in his pie hole, unfortunately, most of the "American People" are too busy reading gossip and watching football to care about what's left of democracy. O well, happy impeachment day everyone.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. This is truly mind-boggling

[safeinOhio]

11. "Oh you dirty boy"

[Eugene]

12. Keep it up, Rudy! You seem to be nearly as unable distinguish right from wrong as your client, ...

and you just can't keep your mouth shut.

Like a Mafia family run by idiots.