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    Trump lawyer Giuliani spars with Sen. Murphy before cancelling Ukraine trip
    May11

    Trump lawyer Giuliani spars with Sen. Murphy before cancelling Ukraine trip

    NEW YORK — Democrats denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, saying it was an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a U.S. election. But lawyer Rudy Giuliani has scrapped plans to visit Ukraine, citing concerns about who...

    Ukrainians Slam Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Shameful Play’ to Meddle in Their Politics
    May11

    Ukrainians Slam Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Shameful Play’ to Meddle in Their Politics

    Drew AngererMOSCOW—Democracy-minded Ukrainians, of whom there are many, learned with grim bemusement this week that Donald Trump’s eccentric lawyer, at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...

    Movie-Prop Cash Is Fooling Cashiers
    May11

    Movie-Prop Cash Is Fooling Cashiers

    The Joker torching a mountain of cash in The Dark Knight. Walter White toting around his 55-gallon-drum nest eggs on Breaking Bad. The bags of $100 bills that Jason Bateman’s character launders on Ozark. Each scene was shot with prop money—phony bills that look real on-screen, but up close have certain glaringly obvious tweaks. Where an...

    Democrat Calls For Probe Into Giuliani’s Actions In Ukraine
    May11

    Democrat Calls For Probe Into Giuliani’s Actions In Ukraine

    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) raised alarm over Rudy Giuliani’s actions on behalf of President Trump in Ukraine on Friday evening and called for an investigation. Murphy wrote to the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he sits on, and said he was “alarmed” and “deeply concerned” by Giuliani’s intentions....

    Trump’s interest stirring Ukraine investigations sows confusion in Kiev 
    May11

    Trump’s interest stirring Ukraine investigations sows confusion in Kiev 

    Comments by Giuliani stoke concern among Ukrainian President-elect Zelensky’s allies. …read more Source: The Washington...

    Now Guiliani’s Not Going To Ukraine, Says Whole Thing Was A ‘Set Up’
    May11

    Now Guiliani’s Not Going To Ukraine, Says Whole Thing Was A ‘Set Up’

    The President’s personal lawyer reversed course on Friday evening and decided to not take a trip to Ukraine, where he intended to request the government launch investigations that would be politically useful to President Trump. “I will step back and just watch it unfold,” he told Fox News on Friday evening after declaring he had cancelled...

    Rudes, Arch-Criminal
    May11

    Rudes, Arch-Criminal

    Rudy Giuliani has now canceled his trip to Ukraine in which he planned to pressure the new government to launch investigations into Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. But this is irrelevant. It’s not 1810. Giuliani doesn’t need a personal visit to plot his schemes. We have phones, video conferencing, private jet transnational...

    Secretary Pompeo to Meet With Putin as President Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties — Again
    May11

    Secretary Pompeo to Meet With Putin as President Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties — Again

    U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo leaves for Moscow on Sunday, with President Donald Trump again calling for improved ties now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation. Pompeo will meet U.S. diplomats at the American Embassy in Moscow on Monday before continuing to Sochi for talks with President Vladimir Putin and...

    Trump Claims It Would Be ‘Appropriate’ For Him To Ask Barr To Probe Biden
    May11

    Trump Claims It Would Be ‘Appropriate’ For Him To Ask Barr To Probe Biden

    President Trump on Friday confirmed what many have long suspected: He thinks it’s “appropriate” for him ask his attorney general to investigate his political opponents. “Certainly it would be an appropriate thing to speak to him about, but I have not done that as of yet. … It could be a very big situation,” he said during an interview with...

    President Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Threatens, Then Abandons, a Trip to Ukraine
    May11

    President Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Threatens, Then Abandons, a Trip to Ukraine

    NEW YORK — Democrats denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, decrying it as an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a U.S. election. But Rudy Giuliani late Friday said he does not plan to go to the Ukraine because of...