Rudolph W. Giuliani, the personal lawyer of the president of the United States of America Donald Trump, met with a Ukrainian legislator who has a keen interest in having Joe Biden investigated. This with the hope of getting a case against Trump's now popular competitor in the 2020 presidential elections to discredit him.
Andriy Derkach, the lawmaker, shared photos of his meeting with Trump's lawyer that were accompanied by a long facebook post, the Washington Post has reported.
The lawmaker did divulge many details about the meeting. According to a report by Reuters, the two met to discuss the possibility of forming an inter-parliamentary group to fight corruption.
“Unfortunately, our country has been at the center of scandals about international corruption,” Derkasch said as quoted by Reuters.“Among other things, there are facts about the inefficient use of American taxpayers’ money by representatives of Ukrainian state bodies, " he added.
The development comes in the context of an impeachment inquiry triggered by claims that President Trump inappropriately tried to put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in exchange for military aid and a chance for the Ukrainian president to meet his US counterpart.
Giuliani's travels to Budapest and Kyiv were first reported by the New York Times.The Ukrainian legislator is no fan of Joe Biden as he has disseminated information about members of the former US vice president according to the Daily Mail.