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- Rudy Giuliani reportedly pursued multiple six-figure business deals with Ukrainian officials while he sought to work with them to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.
- One of the potential deals involved Ukraine's former top prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, whom Giuliani had urged to investigate the Bidens and the 2016 presidential election.
- Giuliani told The Times he had been approached by the Ukrainians with multiple business offers, but dismissed all of them and never accepted any money.
- The news comes amid a congressional impeachment inquiry into Trump, who has been accused of trying to leverage US military aid to pressure the Ukrainian government into investigating the Bidens.
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President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was reportedly pursuing a six-figure business deal with a Ukrainian prosecutor, even as the men worked together to dig up dirt on Trump's rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
The New York Times and the Washington Post reported Wednesday that in February, Giuliani looked into a deal with Ukraine's former top prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, whom he had been urging to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter, and the debunked conspiracy theory about Ukraine interfering in the 2016 presidential election.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate symbol, but Hong Kong protesters revived it as an emblem of hope See Also: SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about Trump's impeachment process: What's happened, who the players are, and what comes next |