Giuliani associates urged Ukraine's prior president to open Biden probe in exchange for state visit: WSJ
By Jessica Campisi - 11/08/19 04:41 PM EST
Two associates of President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani reportedly urged Ukraine’s previous leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s son in exchange for a state visit to Washington. The request comes months before Trump’s July 25 phone call with the country, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko allegedly met in late February at the offices of Ukrainian general prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko in Kyiev, WSJ reports.
Lutsenko reportedly said in March that he was investigating the Bidens, but found in May that there was no evidence of wrongdoing. There was no White House meeting as a result of the discussions, the paper reports.
The meeting comes months before Trump’s notorious phone call with current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump urged the nation’s leader to investigate Biden and his son. The call has since become the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against the president.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/469671-giuliani-associates-urged-ukraines-prior-president-to-open-biden
