Under The Bus You Go, Rudy: Trump Claims He Didn’t Tell Giuliani To Go To Ukraine

Authored by talkingpointsmemo.com and submitted by MCBbbbuddha

It was only a matter of time.

During a radio interview with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday, President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from his personal lawyer’s efforts to dig up dirt on 2020 candidate Joe Biden in Ukraine.

“What was Rudy Giuliani doing in Ukraine on your behalf?” asked O’Reilly.

“Well, you have to ask that to Rudy,” Trump responded. “But Rudy…I don’t even know…I know he was going to go to Ukraine and I think he cancelled the trip.”

“But you know, Rudy has other clients other than me,” he continued. “I’m one person-”

O’Reilly cut him off: “So you didn’t direct him to go there on your behalf?”

The President’s comments were a blatant effort to pin the scheme to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden onto Giuliani, who had planned on traveling to Ukraine in May to request the investigation from Kiev before abruptly cancelling the trip.

Though the trip was cancelled, Giuliani facilitated Trump’s use of U.S. foreign policy to withhold military aid to Ukraine and strong-arm the Ukrainian president into announcing an investigation in Biden. According to multiple witnesses in the House impeachment investigation, Trump told relevant diplomats to speak to Giuliani on matters regarding Ukraine.

RetroRedo on November 27th, 2019 at 01:03 UTC »

Pointed out elsewhere that it means Rudy was either an unregistered foreign agent or violated the Logan Act. . AND no attorney-client privilege since any privilege was disavowed by trump.

QuietAwareness on November 27th, 2019 at 00:55 UTC »

He told zelensky to work with Rudy in his call summary.

wtfwasdat on November 27th, 2019 at 00:55 UTC »

“What was Rudy Giuliani doing in Ukraine on your behalf?” asked O’Reilly.

“Well, you have to ask that to Rudy,” Trump responded.

Wakey wakey, Donald. You are going to be impeached over this, so maybe YOU should ask him. Rudy is on every TV channel saying he was there representing you personally.