Two unofficial envoys reporting directly to Donald Trump’s personal lawyer have waged a remarkable back-channel campaign to discredit the president’s rivals and undermine the special counsel’s inquiry into Russian meddling in US elections.
BuzzFeed: Inside Giuliani’s Ukrainian campaign to keep Trump in the White House
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2016 then President-elect Donald Trump meets with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. - Recently elected president of Ukraine and not yet inaugurated, Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself caught in a US political-legal affair, risking tensions with a crucial ally at a time of crisis with Russia. Tensions rose between Washington and Kiev after Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani cancelled a scheduled visit to Ukraine last week. The former mayor of New York was due in Kiev to ensure Ukrainian authorities do not abandon legal investigations which he said could be "very, very useful" for Trump. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)
