While in Spain meeting Yermak, Giuliani stayed at estate belonging to Venezuelan energy exec Alejandro Betancourt López, who’d hired him to contend w/ an investigation by the Justice Department into alleged money laundering and bribery, according to people familiar w/ situation
Looks like Giuliani meeting with DOJ criminal division chief may have been about this Venezuelan energy exec Betancourt, not Firtash @nycsouthpaw
Giuliani’s representation of Betancourt is a striking example of how he has continued to offer his services to foreign clients w/ interests before the US govt while working on behalf of the president. & it shows how Giuliani has used his work for paying clients to help underwrite
his efforts to find political ammunition in Ukraine to benefit the president.
“A spokeswoman for the Justice Department declined to comment on the meeting. Justice Department officials were unaware of the Madrid meeting when Giuliani came to meet them, acc. to a senior Justice Dept official, who said the topic of Ukraine did not come up in the discussion.”
So the Venezuelan’s attorney, John Sale? Remember when he was briefly Giuliani’s attorney in responding to the House impeachment inquiry document request? 
