Reposted by Fárnoosh Hāshemian
Online conspiracists claim a 2019 OCCRP story on Rudy Giuliani was part of a “deep state” plot to get Trump impeached.
The truth is that it was just old-fashioned journalism. Here’s our reporter’s account of how he happened to break the story.
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