When Rudolph W. Giuliani went to Madrid in August to meet with a top aide to the Ukrainian president and press for political investigations sought by President Trump, he made the trip at the behest of a previously unidentified client with very different interests.
Washington Post: Giuliani worked for Venezuelan who hosted him for key Ukraine meeting
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 19, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani shake hands following their meeting at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. - Many Americans remember Rudy Giuliani as the competent and reassuring mayor of New York City during the September 11 attacks. Now, as a fast-talking lawyer for Trump, he is a key figure of the Ukraine scandal amid revelations that he was Trump's roving point man for a drive to persuade Zelensky to launch a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden son Hunter's activities. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)