President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was aware of his efforts to persuade Ukrainian authorities to probe Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden.
"Did Secretary of State Pompeo know you were doing these things? Did he ask you to do these things?" Margaret Brennan asked Giuliani during a segment on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday.
"He did not," said Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City. "But when I talked to the secretary last week, he said that he was aware of it."
"I did not do this on my own,” he added. “I did it at the request of the State Department and I have all of the text messages to prove it. And I also have a thank you from them from doing a good job. When I talked to the secretary last week, he said he was aware of it."
A whistleblower's complaint released this week details a trip in late July in which Giuliani traveled to Spain to meet an adviser to the Ukrainian president about a plan to investigate Biden.
The whistleblower also said the former U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, reached out to Giuliani to “contain the damage” of his communication with the Ukrainian government.
“The State Department is running away from me,” said Giuliani Sunday.
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