Rudy Giuliani had another exciting night on cable news after Trump's impeachment setback
President Trump is now facing a formal impeachment inquiry, Trump national security officials are blaming his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and Giuliani is pointing the finger at ... George Soros. In another wild night of interviews, this time on Fox News, Giuliani responded to a Washington Post report that many Trump administration national security officials blame him and his "shadow" Ukraine machinations for Trump's impeachment problems, insisting that everything he did on Trump's behalf in Ukraine was done "at the request of the State Department."
"I never talked to a Ukrainian official until the State Department called me and asked me to do it," Giuliani told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. "And then I reported every conversation back to them." He held up his phone as purported proof.
Ingraham asked, reasonably, why Trump's personal lawyer is his point man on Ukraine, and how Giuliani is defending Trump by going after Biden.
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If you're confused at how George Soros fits in to all this — spoiler: he doesn't — Robert Mackey has a thorough rundown of Giuliani's allegations at The Intercept, and another one of Giuliani's Ukrainian targets rebutted his accusations in The Washington Post. Giuliani went on to say that Trump shouldn't be impeached, but Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) should be because he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky it would be inappropriate for Kiev to interfere in America's election, as Trump was apparently requesting.
You can watch the entire interview at Fox News, but later on Ingraham's show, Giuliani made a cameo after a liberal guest, Chris Hahn, pointed out that Giuliani had just accused the State Department of directing him "to go meet with the Ukraine to get evidence on the president's political opponent," then said if the Bidens weren't public figures, they should sue Giuliani for libel. That last part really set Giuliani off. Watch below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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