|
Giuliani, who has emerged as central figure in the
Democratic-lead impeachment investigation, was caught on
television cameras entering the West Wing.
The White House did not immediately provide a reason for the
visit and a lawyer for Giuliani declined to comment on the
reason.
Trump has asked Giuliani to brief Republican senators and the
Justice Department about information he collected on a visit to
Ukraine last week. Giuliani has played a key role in trying to
collect dirt on a potential Democratic political rival, former
Vice President Joe Biden, in the 2020 elections.
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters she was not
sure why Giuliani was at the White House but noted he is one of
Trump's personal attorneys and had just returned from Ukraine.
Trump faces impeachment by the full House next week on charges
that he abused his power to pressure Ukraine to investigate
Biden and his son Hunter Biden, who was a board member of a
Ukrainian gas company.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that when Giuliani
returned to New York from Ukraine on Saturday, the president
called him as his plane was still taxiing down the runway.
"'What did you get?'" Giuliani said Trump asked, according to
the Journal. "More than you can imagine," the former New York
mayor replied. He told the newspaper he is putting his findings
into a 20-page report.
(Reporting by Steve Holland, additional reporting by Karen
Freifeld; editing by Ross Colvin, Jonathan Oatis and Dan Grebler)
[© 2019 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2019 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
|
|
