Fmr. Ukrainian prosecutor named in whistleblower complaint tells NBCNews he has known the president's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, for 'many years.'
about Giuliani’s involvement in the case. One former official told NBC News that Giuliani’s role is particularly problematic legally because Giuliani has purely political and personal ties to Trump and has no official role with the U.S. government.
According to the whistleblower complaint released this week, Trump has praised Lutsenko and suggested the Ukrainian president keep him in his post. When he was vice president, Biden was among several international leaders and other figures to call for the firing of Viktor Shokin, Lutsenko's predecessor as Ukraine's chief prosecutor. Shokin was widely seen as weak on Ukraine's endemic corruption problem.
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