Lindsey Graham asks Rudy Giuliani to testify for Senate in apparent attempt to counteract House's Ukraine probe

Lindsey Graham.
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This will be entertaining, if absolutely nothing else.

Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) seems to think the House is getting all the fun and testimony in President Trump's growing Ukraine scandal. So to spread the allegations even further, Graham has invited Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani to testify for his committee, Graham said Tuesday.

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Giuliani essentially launched Trump into his Ukraine and impeachment mess, at least publicly, by constantly alleging former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were doing something shifty in Ukraine. His prodding seemingly pushed Trump to ask Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens, sparking a whistleblower complaint and impeachment inquiry by the House.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.