AG William Barr publicly announced a CRIMINAL investigation into the origins of the Russia “collusion” delusion. Ukraine, along with other countries, were up to their eyeballs in 2016 election meddling.
Whatever this guy says is irrelevant.
Rudy, at the time, was defending PDJT against the Mueller investigation. Mueller prosecuted Manafort for his dealings in Ukraine based on Ukraine sourced payments and tax fraud.
There is no doubt Trump wanted to know WTF was going on in Ukraine related to 2016. Rudy discovered the Biden issue and told Trump the DNC was behind digging up dirt on Manafort.
It’s interesting that Mueller was disinterested in the DNC role in Ukraine related to 2016.