Another day, another new report on Rudy Giuliani's interactions with Ukraine.
President Trump's personal lawyer reportedly negotiated to represent Ukraine's former lead prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko earlier this year for more than $200,000, The Washington Post reports. Lutsenko was simultaneously aiding Giuliani in his quest — which is now at the heart of Trump's impeachment inquiry — to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, as well as any information on the unfounded allegations that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 general election.
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An agreement would have had benefits for both men, the Post notes. Lutsenko would have had easy access to Trump's lawyer, which in turn could have provided him with an opening to other top U.S. officials. Giuliani, meanwhile, would have received a financial boon from the same person who was already supplying him with what he considered valuable information.
The negotiations reportedly went far enough that legal agreements were drafted, but there was never any resolution, and no evidence suggesting Giuliani was paid by Lutsenko exists, the Post reports. Read more at The Washington Post..
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