WASHINGTON - As Mr Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Donald Trump's political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The New York Times show.
But the documents indicate that while he was pushing Mr Trump's agenda with Ukrainian officials eager for support from the United States, Mr Giuliani also explored financial agreements with members of the same government. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr Giuliani played down the discussions. He said that a Ukrainian official approached him this year, seeking to hire him personally.
At the same time, a federal criminal investigation into Mr Giuliani is examining his role in the campaign to oust Ms Marie Yovanovitch, the US ambassador to Ukraine, and scrutinising any financial dealings he may have had with Ukrainian officials, according to people briefed on the matter.
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