{"id":556245,"date":"2021-06-07T21:20:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T01:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556245"},"modified":"2021-06-07T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T01:20:22","slug":"newly-released-audio-reportedly-shows-giuliani-pressuring-ukraine-to-announce-a-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-released-audio-reportedly-shows-giuliani-pressuring-ukraine-to-announce-a-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Released Audio Reportedly Shows Giuliani Pressuring Ukraine To Announce A Biden Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewly-released-audio-reportedly-shows-giuliani-pressuring-ukraine-to-announce-a-biden-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rudy-giuliani-scaled-e1623112672798.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rudy Giuliani repeatedly pressured an advisor to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to open an investigation into Joe Biden during a 2019 phone call, according to an audio recording obtained by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>During the call, conducted between Giuliani, then-Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, and Ukraine government official Andriy Yermak, Giuliani presses for an investigation into then-Democratic front-runner Joe Biden. The partial recording released by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/07\/politics\/rudy-giuliani-ukraine-call-investigate-biden\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> does not completely match a partial transcript of the call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/christopherm51\/rudy-giuliani-ukraine-phone-call-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> by Buzzfeed News in April 2021. That partial transcript was reportedly produced by Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we need from the President is to say, \u2018I\u2019m going to put an honest prosecutor in charge, he\u2019s going to investigate, and dig up the evidence that presently exists and is there any other evidence about involvement of the 2016 election, and then the Biden thing has to be run out.\u2019 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s true or not. I mean, I see him bragging about it on television. And to me as a lawyer, that sounds like a bribe. Someone in Ukraine has got to take that seriously,\u201d Giuliani says in the partially released CNN recording.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.7175792507205\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exclusive audio obtained by CNN shows how former Pres. Trump\u2019s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani relentlessly pressured and coaxed the Ukrainian government in 2019 to investigate baseless conspiracies about then-candidate Joe Biden. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mchancecnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mchancecnn<\/a> reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGXIngcuE5\">https:\/\/t.co\/BGXIngcuE5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XF1jg3Mms7\">pic.twitter.com\/XF1jg3Mms7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeadCNN\/status\/1402014410789605381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the Buzzfeed transcript, Giuliani reportedly says after the line, \u201cthat sounds like a bribe,\u201d \u201cA bribe is something of value in exchange for official action. So he [then-Vice President Joe Biden] offered [then-Ukraine President Petro] Poroshenko a $1.2 billion loan guarantee, critical to Poroshenko\u2019s success as president, in exchange for getting rid of a prosecutor general, that he didn\u2019t want to get rid of, which is official action. Somebody in Ukraine\u2019s gotta take that seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of what [former Prosecutor General Yuri] Lutsenko did, which is he announced he was investigating it and then all of a sudden he announced was not investigating it. So that investigation of Burisma has been started, discontinued \u2026 started and discontinued about three times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lutsenko replaced Viktor Shokin, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/timeline-of-trump-ukraine-bidens-story-11569095501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">removed<\/a> by the Ukrainian Parliament in March 2016. Biden had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/20\/tapes-leaked-joe-biden-petro-poroshenko-viktor-shokin\/?_page=83&#038;filter_by=random_posts&#038;jwsource=cl&#038;ref=hexometer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pressed<\/a> Poroshenko to fire Shokin. The U.S. and European countries were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/09\/24\/trump-withheld-ukraine-aid-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frustrated<\/a> that Shokin appeared to be hindering corruption investigations.<\/p>\n<p>CNN did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment if it would release the entire audio recording.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ll be ready this day, immediately communicated, to coordinate, to work and investigate everything that you listed,\u201d Yermak reportedly responded.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani then reportedly requested an official announcement from Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he could make some statement at the right time, that he supports a fair, honest law enforcement system and that these investigations go wherever they have to go, gonna be run by honest people, that would clear the air really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, for me to talk to the president [Trump] to see what I can do about making sure that whatever misunderstandings are put aside. And maybe even, I kind of think that this could be a good thing for having a much better relationship, where we really understand each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/11\/05\/gordon-sondland-revise-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testified<\/a> to Congress in November 2019 that he told Yermak that he believed the \u201cresumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/04\/kurt-volker-trump-texts-zelensky-biden-burisma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Diplomats\u2019 Texts Show Trump Wanted To Leverage Ukraine\u2019s President To Open Biden-Linked Investigation)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giuliani is currently under <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/rudy-giuliani-fara-ukraine-lobbying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> for a possible violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act in connection with his activities in Ukraine, which consisted of a personal investigation into Hunter Biden\u2019s activities during his time as a board member of the Burisma Holdings energy company. Federal agents seized electronic devices from Giuliani\u2019s New York home in April.<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/11\/hunter-biden-investigation-china-cefc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigating<\/a> alleged tax violations committed by Hunter Biden in connection with his foreign business deals. The Department of Justice is also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/03\/report-doj-investigating-lobbying-firm-linked-hunter-biden-ukraine-burisma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigating<\/a> Blue Star Strategies, a lobbying firm that represented Burisma during Hunter Biden\u2019s time as a board member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy Giuliani repeatedly pressured an advisor to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to open an investigation into Joe Biden during a 2019 phone call, according to an audio recording obtained by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279549,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rudy-giuliani-scaled-e1623112672798.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Newly Released Audio Reportedly Shows Giuliani Pressuring Ukraine To Announce A Biden Investigation","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rudy-giuliani-scaled-e1623112672798.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Newly Released Audio Reportedly Shows Giuliani Pressuring Ukraine To Announce A Biden Investigation","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}