Rudy Giuliani Has a Record of Being Very Opposed to Anti-Corruption Efforts
Rudy Giuliani at Fox Business Network studios on September 23, 2019.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images President Donald Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, insist that their bid to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden reflected their broader concern about rampant corruption in the former Soviet republic. That is, of course, ridiculous. Trump’s request to Ukranian president Volodymyr…
Two Key Figures in the Ukraine Scandal Just Hired Trump’s Former Attorney
John Dowd leaving a federal courthouse.Yana Paskova/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, John Dowd, has agreed to represent two businessmen who helped Rudy Giuliani seek dirt on Joe Biden from current and former Ukrainian officials. Dowd represented Trump in matters relating to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe until March 2018. Dowd’s new…
The Scariest Part of the Trump-Ukraine Scandal? He Really Believes His Own Conspiracy Theories.
Evan Vucci/AP It’s been a long-standing question: Does Donald Trump believe his own crap? Does he truly think he has the best brain, that he is worth more than $10 billion, that there were more than a million people at his inauguration? And, in particular, does he accept the crazy conspiracy swill he so often…
Australia to Trump: Sure, We’ll Help You Pursue Your Political Vendetta
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison take the stage as they mark the opening of an Australian-owned Pratt Industries plant, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.John Minchillo/AP Australia rarely makes the US news unless there’s a killer shark attack or a killer leadership coup. But like so many others in the…
Prosecutor in Trump-Ukraine Scandal Refused to Cooperate With US Congress
Democrats want to know if Donald Trump pressured Petro Poroshenko during the 72nd session of the United Nations.Mikhail PalinchakTASS via Getty In May 2018, the New York Times broke a significant story about Ukraine that did not receive great attention at the time: The nation’s chief prosecutor had halted cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation…
Rudy Giuliani Has a Long, Shady History With Ukraine
Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Victor Pichuk Foundation in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2017.Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty Images In March 2018, Rudy Giuliani met in Manhattan with a delegation of lawmakers from Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million in eastern Ukraine. Giuliani, who joined President Donald Trump’s legal team a few weeks later, was at this…