In an interview Thursday, President Trump, who has been enjoying a victory lap after being acquitted on both articles of impeachment by the Senate last week, openly acknowledged that he sent Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to pursue corruption investigations and explained his rationale for choosing to use his personal lawyer rather than intelligence officials.
The transcript of Trump’s famous July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — which Trump released to the public in September along with the whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry — contains Trump stating that Giuliani would be involved in follow-up conversations about corruption investigations. Though Trump clearly states that Giuliani will be involved, he later denied in a November interview having “directed” Giuliani to “do anything” in Ukraine.
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