Rudy Giuliani just said the Ukraine call transcript was 'read to' him. That might be bad for Trump.

Rudy Guliani.
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Rudy Giuliani's wild night night on cable news continued right on into the morning.

The former New York City mayor who now serves as President Trump's personal lawyer said during an appearance on Fox & Friends on Wednesday that the transcript of the July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was read to him — before Congress or anyone else has seen it.

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Trump allegedly pressured Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son during the call, which was a major factor in convincing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to open an impeachment inquiry Tuesday. The president announced Tuesday that he will release the transcript of the call in the hopes that it will vindicate him, but Giuliani's claim that he already knows the contents could put a dent in that plan, as it's already raised some red flags for analysts.

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The new revelation comes after a night in which Giuliani said everything he did involving Ukraine on Trump's behalf was done "at the request of the State Department," while also blaming George Soros for the whole thing.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.