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Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says Giuliani's trip to Ukraine is 'weird'
Source: Washington Post
Gaetz says Giuliani’s trip to Ukraine is ‘weird’
By Tory Newmyer
12/8/2019, 1:02:10 p.m.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a close ally of President Trump, broke from him Sunday to express concern that Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, traveled to Ukraine as House Democrats are poised to move ahead on Trump’s impeachment.
“It’s weird that he’s over there,” Gaetz said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “It would seem odd having him over there at this time.”
The rare rebuke from the congressman came as the House Judiciary Committee, on which he sits, is working to draft articles of impeachment against Trump that it could vote on as soon as this week. Democrats on the panel are wrestling with how broad those charges should be and how quickly they should move, even as lawmakers continue to debate developments in the scandal, including Giuliani’s presence in Ukraine.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said he saw nothing wrong with Giuliani’s trip. “If he is finding something that is inappropriate, should he bring that to Congress? Yes,” Meadows said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” a reference to unproven allegations against former vice president Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate. “I don’t know of any role that Rudy Giuliani is playing on behalf of the president of the United States. I think he’s over there as a citizen. … He is the president’s personal attorney, but I don’t know that he’s over there on the president’s direction. In fact, I would suggest that he’s not.”
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By Tory Newmyer
12/8/2019, 1:02:10 p.m.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a close ally of President Trump, broke from him Sunday to express concern that Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, traveled to Ukraine as House Democrats are poised to move ahead on Trump’s impeachment.
“It’s weird that he’s over there,” Gaetz said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “It would seem odd having him over there at this time.”
The rare rebuke from the congressman came as the House Judiciary Committee, on which he sits, is working to draft articles of impeachment against Trump that it could vote on as soon as this week. Democrats on the panel are wrestling with how broad those charges should be and how quickly they should move, even as lawmakers continue to debate developments in the scandal, including Giuliani’s presence in Ukraine.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said he saw nothing wrong with Giuliani’s trip. “If he is finding something that is inappropriate, should he bring that to Congress? Yes,” Meadows said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” a reference to unproven allegations against former vice president Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate. “I don’t know of any role that Rudy Giuliani is playing on behalf of the president of the United States. I think he’s over there as a citizen. … He is the president’s personal attorney, but I don’t know that he’s over there on the president’s direction. In fact, I would suggest that he’s not.”
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/08/gaetz-says-giulianis-trip-ukraine-is-weird/
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