Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina may have made his most profound contribution to public discourse since Donald Trump was elected when he invited Trump's personal attorney/fixer Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Democrats on the panel immediately began to salivate at the prospect of cross-examining Giuliani, who has served as the shadow intermediary in Trump's campaign to extort Ukraine into investigating his political foes.
"Good. I have questions," Sen. Kamala Harris of California tweeted Tuesday morning upon hearing the news.
The ranking Democrat on the committee was equally pleased. “I welcome the opportunity to question Rudy Giuliani under oath about his role in seeking the Ukrainian government’s assistance to investigate one of the president’s political rivals," Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said in a statement. "Democratic members have plenty of questions for Mr. Giuliani and this would give us an opportunity to help separate fact from fiction for the American people."
Naturally, Judiciary Chair Graham has invited Rudy G in order to spread Trump's baseless propaganda about his effort to manipulate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into doing his political bidding. "Given the House of Representatives’ behavior, it is time for the Senate to inquire about corruption and other improprieties involving Ukraine," Graham tweeted Tuesday.
Ultimately, Fox News would end up playing Giuliani’s unsubstantiated disinformation campaign on a loop absent any factual pushback from Democrats. However, the other 75% of Americans would have a chance to witness Rudy G's crazy under withering questioning from Senate Democrats.
On second thought, Giuliani might not be as excited about testifying as Graham is.
Whereas Giuliani can say whatever he wants on Fox News (which still might come back to bite him) without putting himself in immediate jeopardy, lying to Congress and committing campaign finance violations are actual felonies. Just ask Trump's last fixer, Michael Cohen.