Trump Officials Reportedly Concerned About Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Involvement

A number of officials in the Trump administration are growing concerned about the involvement of the presidents personal attorney Rudy Giuliani with the Ukrainian government and Giulianis subsequent public statements about the matter, according to reports from several news organizations .

Giuliani was brought up in a July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump pressured the newly elected leader to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and Bidens son Hunter, according to a summary of the call released Wednesday. The call occurred while the U.S. was withholding nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine.

Trump told Zelensky that he should work with Giuliani on the probe, praising his attorney as someone who very much knows whats happening, according to the call summary . The call led to a whistleblower complaint from someone within the intelligence community and became a catalyst for the announcement Tuesday of a formal impeachment inquiry .

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The involvement of a personal attorney in government matters has sparked concern among lawmakers and White House officials. On Wednesday, a group of Senate Democrats demanded more information about Giulianis role in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thinks the attorneys public statements have been problematic, as has his involvement in Ukraine, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing multiple sources.

Among those unhappy with Giuliani is POMPEO, per multiple sources. Among other things, he believes Giuliani's public statements have been problematic as as his involvement overall with the Ukraine issue.

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Among those unhappy with Giuliani is POMPEO, per multiple sources. Among other things, he believes Giuliani's public statements have been problematic as as his involvement overall with the Ukraine issue.
Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 25, 2019

Before Trump admitted Sunday to asking Zelensky to help investigate the former vice president, Pompeo actually voiced support for Giuliani and said he approved of the lawyer and former New York mayor inserting himself in foreign affairs and pressing a foreign government to investigate Trumps political rival. He declined to say at the time whether the State Department was giving support to Giuliani for his involvement.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that many State Department officials were concerned about being left unaware of Giulianis shadow interference in Ukraine.

Rudy he did all of this, an unnamed U.S. official told the Post. This shitshow that were in its him injecting himself into the process.

In an interview this week with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Giuliani said he was working on behalf of the State Department , claiming it had requested he talk to Ukrainian officials. The State Department later denied Giulianis allegation , saying hes a private citizen who does not speak for the U.S. government.

In that same interview, Giuliani threatened to sue Democratic commentator Chris Hahn and called him a moron and idiot. On CNN last week , he flipped between denying and admitting asking Ukraine to investigate Biden.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an ardent supporter of Trump who doesnt believe the presidents conversation with Zelensky was worrisome, has voiced concern over Giulianis recent television meltdowns.

Are you comfortable with role Rudy Giuliani played?

I dont know what he played. Rudys saying a lot of things and Im not sure hes helping the president by being on TV every 15 minutes, Graham says

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Are you comfortable with role Rudy Giuliani played?

I dont know what he played. Rudys saying a lot of things and Im not sure hes helping the president by being on TV every 15 minutes, Graham says
Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) September 25, 2019

I dont know what [role] he played, Graham told HuffPost . Rudys saying a lot of things, and Im not sure hes helping the president by being on TV every 15 minutes.

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A former Trump White House official who is allegedly familiar with such calls to foreign leaders told CNN that, although the call summary looks bad, the real legal problem relates to how Trump inserted a private attorney in foreign relations.

If there is something really problematic, its Rudy, the unnamed official told the network on Wednesday. Because this is not proper government channels.

The Atlantic reported Wednesday that an unnamed former senior White House official called Giulianis role in the Ukraine call indefensible. The official declined to be named out of fear of Trump, according to the publication.

Only one Trump ally I spoke to for this story conceded that the call was worse than the White House would like us to believe. The former senior White House official told me that Rudy Giulianis role in the call is indefensible. https://t.co/JC5PB3vQzs

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Only one Trump ally I spoke to for this story conceded that the call was worse than the White House would like us to believe. The former senior White House official told me that Rudy Giulianis role in the call is indefensible. https://t.co/JC5PB3vQzs
Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) September 25, 2019