Giuliani meets Yermak in Madrid and presses for named investigations
Reporting and findings
- documented
Giuliani met Andriy Yermak in Madrid on August 2, 2019. The House inquiry found that Giuliani pressed for Ukrainian public announcements concerning Burisma and alleged 2016 election interference; diplomats then drafted language for such a statement. The institutional significance was the use of presidential access and U.S. relations to seek a foreign announcement with domestic electoral value.
- U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry ReportSection II.C, pages 69–79: Madrid meeting and proposed public-statement language
Summary and current status
The impeachment record says Giuliani used the Madrid meeting to communicate which public investigations Ukraine needed to announce.
Documented by testimony and contemporaneous messages
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump network root
- Rudy GiulianiTrump personal attorney
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumppersonal attorneyRudy Giuliani