NEW: When Rudy Giuliani met with AG Barr last September on behalf of a Venezuelan client, he was joined by former Rep. Trey Gowdy, whose presence at the meeting has not been previously disclosed, according to new documents cnn.com/2020/07/16/pol…
Gowdy’s involvement with Giuliani is notable because a month later, he was briefly named to Trump’s impeachment defense team, though he didn't ultimately join. The DOJ meeting was to discuss Venezuelan biz exec Alejandro Betancourt Lopez. That backstory: cnn.com/2020/01/17/pol…
The new documents also show that Barr’s involvement in the meeting was pre-planned, and Giuliani’s team knew he would be attending. DOJ initially did not include Barr when the meeting was disclosed, and downplayed his role after Giuliani told reporters Barr had attended
The new documents were obtained from DOJ via FOIA lawsuit by @weareoversight, and were shared w/ CNN. Among the other docs: a Dec. 11, 2019 letter from then GOP Reps. Mark Meadows and Matt Gaetz informing Barr that Giuliani had called them to discuss his trip to Ukraine 
