Happy New Year, everybody! Wow, not terrible to be getting past 2021, is it? But politically speaking, there were a number of moments that were at least … intriguing.
personal lawyer so worked up? it comes in the wake of news about the now infamous call between trump and ukrainian president zelensky. in that call giuliani s name comes up repeatedly as trump asks for an investigation of former vice president joe biden. giuliani knows what s happening. if you speak to him, that would be great. that raises accusations that giuliani was acting as an improper person in the state department. giuliani says no way. he was investigating corruption and he has the state papers to back it. i went there at the request of the state department, 15 memos to make that clear. the state department says mr. giuliani is a private citizen and acts in a personal capacity
not urgent, the way we normally consider urgent. president trump s high-profile personal attorney is featured prominently in the whistle-blower complaint and now rudy giuliani is fighting back and said he had the state department s blessing to reach out to the ukraine. our tom foreman takes a closer look now. let me tell you the facts. reporter: rudy giuliani is fighting back. well, i wasn t operating on my own. reporter: insisting his talks with ukrainian officials were proper, important, and encouraged by the state department. so why is president trump s personal lawyer so worked up? it comes in the wake of news about the now infamous call between trump and ukrainian president zelensky. in that call giuliani s name comes up repeatedlies a trump asked for foreign help investigating democrat joe biden. rudy very much knows what s happening, trump says.
between trump and president zelensky. in that call giuliani s name comes up repeatedly as trump asked for foreign help investigating joe biden. rudy very much knows what is happening, trump says. if you could speak to him, that would be great. that has raised accusations giuliani was acting as an improper agent of the state department, arranging a political hit job from afar in the name of official business. giuliani says no way he was helping investigate corruption and he says that he has a paper trail that proves it including this text message from a state department official arranging a meeting. i went to meet mr. zelensky s aide at the request of the state department. 15 memos make that clear. reporter: the state department says mr. giuliani is a private citizen and acts in a personal capacity as a lawyer for president trump. he does not speak on behalf of the u.s. government. but he has spoken for trump many