President Trump is defending his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, as concern grows that the former New York mayor’s meddling in Ukraine is lending credibility to the Democratic impeachment effort.

“I think Rudy is a corruption fighter. I think he viewed Ukraine as a very corrupt place,” Trump said Thursday during a wide-ranging Oval Office interview with Washington Examiner reporters and editors, just hours after the House voted to formalize impeachment proceedings.

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