Newly Surfaced Audio Shows Giuliani Pressuring Ukraine To Investigate Biden
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani can be heard pressuring the Ukrainian government to launch an investigation into conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden in newly surfaced audio…
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani can be heard pressuring the Ukrainian government to launch an investigation into conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden in newly surfaced audio obtained by CNN.
The July 2019 phone call between Giuliani, U.S. diplomat Kurt Volker, and Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, took place before Trump’s phone call with Zelensky later that month, as CNN reports.
Trump’s conversation with Zelensky would become the center of his first impeachment.
During the phone call, Giuliani can be heard saying, “All we need from the President is to say, I’m gonna put an honest prosecutor in charge, he’s gonna investigate and dig up the evidence, that presently exists and is there any other evidence about involvement of the 2016 election, and then the Biden thing has to be run out.”
He added, “Somebody in Ukraine’s gotta take that seriously.”
Listen to the audio below:
Later in the conversation, Giuliani seemingly suggested that the United States and Ukraine relationship could be improved if there was an investigation.
“That would clear the air really well and I think it would make it possible for me to come and make it possible, I think, for me to talk to the president to see what I can do about making sure that whatever misunderstandings are put aside … I kinda think that this could be a good thing for having a much better relationship,” Giuliani continued.