of consultancy, he became very, very focused on making more and more money. then he met president and got to know president trump as trump was campaigning for office. he became close to him, became an important adviser during the campaign and wanted to be secretary of state, didn t get it, eventually became an advocate for him during the mueller investigation. what happened during that time rudy still had his consultancy business. as rudy was a very public defender for the president on television against the mueller investigation, he was also doing public speaking engagements and working for his private clients. now that mix even though rudy would say that he was only acting as a private citizen when acting for his clients, foreign governments and other places he would visit would treat him as an emissary for trump and that s where the problem is. right now, we can see that rudy is at the center of the impeachment investigation. it is that july 25th phone call