White House disputes details on Giuliani's calls in impeachment report
Trump administration officials, seeking to weaken Democrats’ case for impeachment, disputed on Thursday some of the details in the House Intelligence Committee’s report about calls between President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and White House aides.
But the phone number is a generic White House switchboard number, “ 395-0000,” people familiar with the phone records said, making it difficult to tell whose desk it came from. While government directories list it as associated with the budget office, they also show the number as associated with offices in other parts of the White House, including the upper floors of the West Wing and the National Security Council.
Asked about the call labeling in the impeachment report, a senior Intelligence Committee official said the phone numbers appeared to be associated with the budget office based on public government directories. Giuliani has given different answers publicly about whether he spoke with anyone at the budget office.
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