A supporter of U.S. President
Donald Trump paid the president's personal lawyer
Rudy Giuliani $500,000 on behalf of a company co-founded by a Ukrainian-American businessman who helped Giuliani investigate Trump's political rival
Joe Biden, the supporter's lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. Reuters first reported the payment https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-giuliani-excl/exclusive-trump-lawyer-giuliani-was-paid-500000-to-consult-on-indicted-associates-firm-idUSKBN1WU07Z last month but at the time Giuliani declined to disclose the exact source. The payment attracted attention because of Parnas' role in helping Giuliani investigate former U.S. Vice President Biden, a contender for the
Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020
election, and his son, Hunter Biden, who was a director of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.