Rudy Giuliani didn’t just push the Ukrainian government to announce investigations that would boost President Donald Trump’s political prospects. The former New York mayor––who is not part of the U.S. government––also raised concerns to Ukrainian officials about a senior aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to American and Ukrainian sources familiar with his comments. That aide, Andriy Bohdan, previously worked for an oligarch who had sparred with Giuliani’s then-allies Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. Giuliani’s comments led Ukrainian officials to believe he was pushing for the aide’s ouster. A Zelensky administration official familiar with the discussions said he was not …read more
Source:: The Daily Beast
