U.S. Diplomat Says 'Someone Named Giuliani' Claimed to Be Adviser to Mike Pence...

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U.S. Diplomat Says 'Someone Named Giuliani' Claimed to Be Adviser to Mike Pence: Impeachment Testimony
By James Walker On 11/19/19 at 8:09 AM EST


President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani may have worked as an adviser to Mike Pence, according to a new impeachment inquiry witness transcript.

State Department official David Holmes told lawmakers in a closed door deposition that a "childhood friend" of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy informed him that "someone named Giuliani" claimed to be an adviser to the vice president.

In his opening statement at a closed door deposition last week, Holmes claimed Giuliani had a "direct influence on the foreign policy agenda" in Ukraine, according to a transcript released last night by the House Intelligence Committee.

GOP New York Representative Lee Zeldin asked the impeachment inquiry witness how he knew Giuliani was not "just trying to represent the president as his client" instead of getting directly involved in Ukrainian diplomacy.

"They [the Ukrainians] viewed him as a significant individual in terms of their relationship with the United States," Holmes told lawmakers in response.

When Zeldin continued to press Holmes to explain how he came to the conclusion that Giuliani was "taking a direct role in Ukrainian diplomacy," the official said: "I'm just trying to say, sir, that the Ukrainians viewed him in broader terms than that."

Asked again whether he was saying that Giuliani wasn't representing Donald Trump as a private attorney, Holmes shared details of a conversation he had with Zelenskiy's friend Ivan Bakanov.

"At one point he, Mr. Bakanov, told me that, you know, someone named Giuliani said he was an adviser to the vice president."

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[drray23]

1. Add impersonating a public official

To the list of charges. I'm pretty sure it's a crime.

[ffr]

2. Prez, VP, SoS, AG....it was their policy to extort and brib. I don't doubt RG was representing VP

As we're learning more and more every day, we're finding that Mike Pence was another central figure in the WH's extortion plot. Because as tRump goes for re-election, so too does Mike Pence. Of course he knew. He was made aware and didn't bat an eye. Why would he?! It was the policy he was promoting!