Rudy Giuliani wants President Trump to move ahead with an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden after he is likely to be acquitted by the Senate.
“Absolutely; 100%,” Giuliani, who is Trump’s personal lawyer, told NPR. “I would have no problem with him doing it. In fact, I’d have a problem with him not doing it. I think he would be saying that Joe Biden can get away with selling out the United States, making us a fool in the Ukraine.”
Giuliani, 75, was a central figure in the events that led to Trump’s impeachment on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of his office in December. The former New York City mayor was part of a pressure campaign to get Ukraine to investigate the former vice president and his son Hunter, who was on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.
Though most, if not all, Republican senators are expected to vote to acquit Trump on Wednesday, some have said he acted inappropriately in asking a foreign leader to investigate his political rival while withholding military aid to Ukraine.
Giuliani said the Republicans who had reservations about Trump’s conduct don’t “understand the facts.”
“The whole Ukrainian thing is misrepresented. The Democrats did do a good job of spinning it to ‘he’s trying to hurt Joe Biden.’ It has nothing to do with Joe Biden,” he said.
