In late October, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Yerevan, a capital of Armenia, to attend a conference.

It was Rudy's first time in the former Soviet Republic, high in the Caucasus mountains,

which hosts a Russian military base and has close trade ties to its humongous nearby neighbor, Russia.

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Rudy visited a memorial to the Armenian genocide, got a briefing from the acting defense minister,

and gave a speech about cybersecurity.

This was the Rudy we have come to know. American flagpin Yankees World Series ring,

a face that seems to involuntarily grimace at irregular intervals.

Rudy Giuliani was listed on the conference program as speaking at a featured panel on technological

breakthrough. The other panelists included two advisors to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

One of them was sanctioned by the US after the Russian invasion of Crimea. He's still on the US

sanctions list. On one part of the trip, Rudy was asked about US Armenia relations.

But I'm not here, and my capacity is a private lawyer for President Trump,

here as a private citizen. And the person who brought private citizen Rudy to Armenia,

he's an Armenian businessman who lives in Russia and who received an award from Vladimir Putin

at a ceremony last year.

So here is Rudy Giuliani, international businessman, who also happens to be President

Trump's unpaid part-time attorney in Robert Mueller's probe of possible Russia collusion.

You know how sometimes that the cover-up is worse than the crime? In this case, the investigation

was much worse than the no crime.

The same Rudy Giuliani, who is appearing at a conference with a sanctioned Russian in a state

with close ties to Russia just now. We don't know if Rudy got paid on this trip. He didn't answer

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