Rudy briefed @StateDept on the talks.
@StateDept didn't respond to questions about its role or Rudy's.
nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/…
—If they investigate @JoeBiden, they upset Dems.
—If they drop it, they upset TRUMP.
And RUDY GIULIANI's efforts are a complicating factor.
But he says Ukraine is "going to piss off somebody, so you might as well make the right decision, right?”