At some point about a year ago, two groups found one another. One group was made up of then-current or former Ukrainian officials looking for job security or redemption. The other was a collection of American attorneys and their associates, looking for political and financial benefit. At the forefront of that latter group was former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who by 2018 was duly employed as a personal attorney to President Trump.
Washington Post: The complicated web of Ukraine-focused relationships that has Giuliani at its center
(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)
