He said previously that any allegations he was participating in an election influence campaign were “nonsense.” Giuliani did not respond Friday to POLITICO’s request for comment. That meeting was part of a trip Giuliani made to help put together a documentary series for the pro-Trump cable network One America News Network.ĭerkach did not immediately respond to a request for comment from POLITICO.
He also met with Derkach in Kyiv late last year as Democrats’ efforts to impeach Trump reached a fever pitch. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney and a representative for the campaign, has touted Derkach’s claims on his podcast. “ro-Russia Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach is spreading claims about corruption - including through publicizing leaked phone calls - to undermine former Vice President Biden’s candidacy and the Democratic Party,” Evanina said. The entire statement named only one foreign national: Andriy Derkach, a nominally independent Ukrainian member of Parliament who was previously a member of a pro-Russia party. He said the intelligence community has assessed that the governments of China and Iran want Trump to lose reelection, and that the Kremlin is working to help Trump win. On Friday, Bill Evanina - director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center - released a statement on threats to the presidential election.
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