The trip was canceled after widespread criticism, but Giuliani defended his actions by saying, “We’re not meddling in an election, we’re meddling in an investigation.” Before the announcement of the canceled trip, the State Department recalled the U.S. Giuliani had announced in May 2019 that he would travel to Ukraine to urge the government to investigate Hunter Biden’s involvement with a Ukrainian energy company as well as allegations (for which no evidence exists) that Joe Biden, then a potential 2020 Trump opponent, had played a role in the Ukrainian government’s dismissal of a prosecutor. Equally concerning were unabashed claims from Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that he had made similar efforts in talks with Ukrainian officials. In September 2019, the Trump administration’s refusal to turn over to Congress an intelligence whistleblower complaint led to extraordinary revelations that former President Donald Trump had allegedly urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden - a week after ordering the freeze of military aid to Ukraine.
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