Analysis: After backlash, Giuliani cancels Ukraine trip meant to 'meddle' in investigations to help Trump
Rudolph W. Giuliani listens to President Trump at the White House in January. By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 11 at 7:42 AM This post has been updated with the news that Giuliani has canceled the trip.
In the earlier interviews, Giuliani made clear he was going to Ukraine to press for probing of whether the Ukrainian government assisted Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign by disseminating documents about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s work in the country. Giuliani said he would also inquire about the “collateral” matter of a Ukrainian energy company that employed and handsomely compensated one of Joe Biden’s sons.
Legal experts said it could well be the latter and, depending on Giuliani’s actions, possibly even the former. Bloomberg News has since added to the reporting, though, saying the investigation of the oligarch had been tabled long before Biden’s trips. It also noted that the Obama administration previously pressured the Ukrainian government to cooperate in a British investigation into the same oligarch — a decision that wouldn’t seem to have benefited Biden’s family.
Meyer said there is also a legal question for Giuliani here, as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for a U.S. citizen to corruptly offer “anything of value” to a foreign official to retain business or influence an official decision. There is no evidence that has taken place or would have, Meyer emphasized, “but given the breadth of the statute, any quid pro quo Mr. Giuliani offers from which he profits in his representation of the president could be illegal.
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