yovanovitch. following mr. lutsenko s allegations mr. giuliani and others made a number of public statements critical of ambassador yovanovitch questioning her integrity and calling for her removal from office. mr. giuliani was also making frequent public statements pushing for ukraine to investigate interference in the 2016 election and issues related to burisma and the bidens. for example, on may 1, 2019 the new york times reported that mr. giuliani had quote discussed the burisma investigation and its intersection with the bidens with the ousted ukrainian prosecutor general and current prosecutor. may 9th the new york times reported mr. giuliani said he planned to travel to ukraine to pursue investigations into the 2016 election interference and into the involvement of former vice president biden s son in a ukrainian gas company. over the next few months mr. giuliani also issued a series of tweets asking quote why biden shouldn t be investigated, attacking quote