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Giuliani, Once 'America's Mayor,' Now a Central Figure in Trump Impeachment
Inquiry

Rob Garver

   WASHINGTON - It's been a long, strange road for Rudy Giuliani, the
   hard-nosed prosecutor who gained fame as "America's Mayor" for his
   leadership in New York City after the terror attacks on September 11,
   2001.

   Once seen as a promising Republican presidential candidate himself,
   Giuliani is now trying to beat back accusations that he was a key
   player in an international scandal that has President Donald Trump
   facing an impeachment inquiry.

   Over the course of the past two years, Giuliani, 75, has held multiple
   meetings with officials from Ukraine as part of an effort to persuade
   that country's government to open an investigation focused on former
   Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, who served on the
   board of a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma Holdings.

   At the same time, Giuliani was pushing for a separate investigation
   into alleged cooperation between Ukrainian officials and Hillary
   Clinton's campaign in the 2016 election, suggesting that Joe Biden had
   also played a role in that unproven conspiracy.

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