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Posted: 2019-12-16T23:21:52Z | Updated: 2019-12-17T15:08:27Z

Rudy Giuliani freely admitted he purposely tried to get former American Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired because he feared shed get in the way of his attempt to find dirt on Joe Biden.

The former New York mayor-turned-Donald Trump attorney said in separate interviews with The New Yorker and The New York Times that he considered Yovanovitch an obstacle to be overcome while he went after the former vice president.

I believed that I needed Yovanovitch out of the way, he told The New Yorker. She was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody.

To that end, Giuliani sent Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a dossier on the Bidens and Yovanovitch that was also shared with the FBI.

Giuliani told the Times he believed Trump and Pompeo relied on his briefings in the decision to recall Yovanovitch in April.

I think my information did, he told the newspaper. I dont know. Youd have to ask them. But they relied on it.

Giuliani also recruited journalist John Solomon, who has been responsible for many of the Ukraine conspiracy theories being spouted by the right wing, to help smear Yovanovitch.

I said, John, lets make this as prominent as possible, Giuliani told The New Yorker. Ill go on TV. You go on TV. You do columns.

After The New Yorker interview was published Monday, Trump told reporters that Giuliani didnt share a lot of the evidence he supposedly gathered during a recent trip to Ukraine.

But hes a very great crime fighter, Trump said, according to video shared by CBS reporter Paula Reid. He was probably the greatest crime fighter over the last 50 years. Very smart. He was the best mayor in the history of the city of New York. Hes a great person who loves our country.

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JUST IN: President Trump reveals Rudy Giuliani has shared some evidence he gathered on recent trip to Ukraine, but ignored my question about Giuliani being under investigation by his DOJ. @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/HhNXgPIWDM

Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) December 16, 2019

However, the president ignored Reids question about Giuliani being under investigation by Trumps own Department of Justice.

This article has been updated to include Giulianis comments to The New York Times.

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