Trump's lawyer Giuliani back in Ukraine as impeachment probe escalates
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President DonaldTrump's personallawyerRudyGiulianireturned toUkraineWednesday, shrugging off the scandal over seeking dirt from Kiev on rival Democrats.
The New York Times saidGiulianihad travelled to Budapest on Tuesday and Kiev Wednesday to speak with former Ukrainian prosecutors who could have information that would supportTrump's battle againstimpeachment.
One America News Network also said it had a camera team travelling withGiulianiinUkrainefor an investigation into theimpeachmentcase againstTrump.
In a tweet,Giulianiwrote that he was "working on an important project with @OANN," aimed at exposing what he said was information covered up by hearings conducted by Democratic Partyimpeachmentchief Adam Schiff.
According to the Times,Giuliani, who is the former mayor of New York, was meeting with former Ukrainian prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, a central figure in theimpeachmentcase Democrats are building againstTrump.
He was also planning to meet with two other ex-prosecutors, Viktor Shokin and Kostiantyn Kulyk.
Giulianihas approached all three over the past year to aidTrump's effort to find dirt on Democrats, especially former vice president Joe Biden, who could face the president in next year's election.
Democrats are preparingimpeachmentcharges againstTrumpon the grounds that he, withGiuliani's assistance, solicited foreign interference in US elections for his personal needs.
Giulianihas sought to demonstrate that Biden and his son Hunter, who previously served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, had been engaged corruptly in the country.
Giulianiis also reportedly under investigation for his representation of multiple Ukrainian figures, including Dmitry Firtash, a billionaire facing extradition to the United States from Austria for charges of bribery and racketeering.