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solarbirdThere are TWO KEY STORIES around Lev Parnas tonight.
They MUST be recognised as SEPARATE stories.
The FIRST story is around the DOCUMENTS. These are period materials finally acquired - despite fierce opposition - by the House of Representatives. The early stories below are about those documents.
The SECOND story is around the INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH RACHAEL MADDOW. This is a verbal interview conducted TODAY. It is NOT period materials and is made AFTER inditement, and NOT backed by separate documentation. These are just Lev Parnas's words.
Lev Parnas is the kind of person who would get involved with this kind of administration and would do whatever's needed to get his ass out of the sling now that he's under inditement. He's basically in the position of a mob guy trying not to get pinned.
The FIRST story is much more highly credible than the SECOND, until colloboration. Keep that in mind.
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READ: Documents from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas released by House impeachment investigators
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/politics/read-lev-parnas-house-impeachment-investigators/index.html
(CNN) House Democrats unveiled new evidence Tuesday that they plan to send to the Senate as part of their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, providing text messages and hand-written notes from an indicted Rudy Giuliani associate that add more details about the push for Ukraine to announce an investigation against Trump's political rivals.
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Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani have demolished Trump’s claims of innocence
New documents show why the president has been trying to hide evidence from Congress.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/15/lev-parnas-rudy-giuliani-have-demolished-trumps-claims-innocence/
Americans who have been wondering why President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of trying to block every document from being released to Congress in his impeachment inquiry need wonder no longer. The new documents released Tuesday evening by the House Intelligence Committee were devastating to Trump’s continuing — if shifting — defense of his Ukraine extortion scandal, just days before his impeachment trial is likely to begin in the Senate. These new documents demolish at least three key defenses to which Trump and his allies have been clinging: that he was really fighting corruption when he pressured Ukraine on matters related to the Biden family; that Hunter Biden should be called as a witness at the Senate impeachment trial; and that there’s no need for a real, honest-to-goodness trial in the Senate.
The most basic principles of constitutional law require relevant information, including documents and executive branch witnesses, to be turned over to Congress in an impeachment proceeding. Particularly because sitting presidents cannot be indicted, impeachment is the only immediate remedy we the people have against a lawless president. For that remedy to have any teeth, relevant information has to be provided. That’s why President James Polk said that, during impeachment, Congress could “penetrate into the most secret recesses of the Executive Departments … command the attendance of any and every agent of the Government, and compel them to produce all papers, public or private, official or unofficial.” No president, not even Richard Nixon, thought he could just say “no” to impeachment. That’s why the House added Article II to Trump’s impeachment: “Obstruction of Congress.” It was a response to an unprecedented attempt by a president to hide the truth.
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A very short summary of _some_ of the Lev Parnas news today, focusing more on the document dump than the Maddow interview:
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1217637035437064193
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Giuliani associate Parnas says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on'
An indicted associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in an interview that Trump "knew exactly what was going on."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/giuliani-associate-parnas-says-trump-knew-exactly-what-was-going-n1116731
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani who has been implicated in an alleged attempt to pressure the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, says, "President Trump knew exactly what was going on."
"He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president. I have no intent, I have no reason to speak to any of these officials," Parnas, who faces campaign finance charges, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in an interview that aired Wednesday night.
"I mean, they have no reason to speak to me. Why would President Zelenskiy's inner circle or Minister Avakov or all these people or President Poroshenko meet with me? Who am I? They were told to meet with me. And that's the secret that they're trying to keep. I was on the ground doing their work," Parnas said.
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Lev Parnas: 'Attorney General Barr was basically on the team.'
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lev-parnas-attorney-general-barr-was-basically-on-the-team-76856389785
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about his belief that Attorney General William Barr was in the loop on Donald Trump's scheme to get Ukraine to generate dirt about Joe Biden and his son. "Mr. Barr had to have known everything. I mean, it’s impossible."
"We met several times at the Trump hotel, but our relationship started getting... expanded when I was introduced to his aide Derek Harvey... they were involved in getting all this stuff on Biden..." "It's hard to see them lie like that when you know it, it's like scary, he knew very well what was going on, he knew what was going on, he knows who I am."
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Lev Parnas remarks on role of Devin Nunes in Trump Ukraine Scheme
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lev-parnas-remarks-on-role-of-devin-nunes-in-trump-ukraine-scheme-76855877894
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about his interactions with Rep. Devin Nunes and his assistant Derek Harvey and his surprise at seeing Nunes in the House Intel impeachment hearings given his role in Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme.
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Parnas: Pence tasked with getting Ukraine to announce Biden probe
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parnas-pence-tasked-with-getting-ukraine-to-announce-biden-probe-76859461532
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about Donald Trump's frustration that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy wouldn't announce an investigation into Joe Biden and his son, and Mike Pence being assigned the task of making that expectation clear to Ukraine.
They MUST be recognised as SEPARATE stories.
The FIRST story is around the DOCUMENTS. These are period materials finally acquired - despite fierce opposition - by the House of Representatives. The early stories below are about those documents.
The SECOND story is around the INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH RACHAEL MADDOW. This is a verbal interview conducted TODAY. It is NOT period materials and is made AFTER inditement, and NOT backed by separate documentation. These are just Lev Parnas's words.
Lev Parnas is the kind of person who would get involved with this kind of administration and would do whatever's needed to get his ass out of the sling now that he's under inditement. He's basically in the position of a mob guy trying not to get pinned.
The FIRST story is much more highly credible than the SECOND, until colloboration. Keep that in mind.
-----
READ: Documents from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas released by House impeachment investigators
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/politics/read-lev-parnas-house-impeachment-investigators/index.html
(CNN) House Democrats unveiled new evidence Tuesday that they plan to send to the Senate as part of their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, providing text messages and hand-written notes from an indicted Rudy Giuliani associate that add more details about the push for Ukraine to announce an investigation against Trump's political rivals.
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Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani have demolished Trump’s claims of innocence
New documents show why the president has been trying to hide evidence from Congress.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/15/lev-parnas-rudy-giuliani-have-demolished-trumps-claims-innocence/
Americans who have been wondering why President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of trying to block every document from being released to Congress in his impeachment inquiry need wonder no longer. The new documents released Tuesday evening by the House Intelligence Committee were devastating to Trump’s continuing — if shifting — defense of his Ukraine extortion scandal, just days before his impeachment trial is likely to begin in the Senate. These new documents demolish at least three key defenses to which Trump and his allies have been clinging: that he was really fighting corruption when he pressured Ukraine on matters related to the Biden family; that Hunter Biden should be called as a witness at the Senate impeachment trial; and that there’s no need for a real, honest-to-goodness trial in the Senate.
The most basic principles of constitutional law require relevant information, including documents and executive branch witnesses, to be turned over to Congress in an impeachment proceeding. Particularly because sitting presidents cannot be indicted, impeachment is the only immediate remedy we the people have against a lawless president. For that remedy to have any teeth, relevant information has to be provided. That’s why President James Polk said that, during impeachment, Congress could “penetrate into the most secret recesses of the Executive Departments … command the attendance of any and every agent of the Government, and compel them to produce all papers, public or private, official or unofficial.” No president, not even Richard Nixon, thought he could just say “no” to impeachment. That’s why the House added Article II to Trump’s impeachment: “Obstruction of Congress.” It was a response to an unprecedented attempt by a president to hide the truth.
-----
A very short summary of _some_ of the Lev Parnas news today, focusing more on the document dump than the Maddow interview:
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1217637035437064193
---- INTERVIEW -----
Giuliani associate Parnas says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on'
An indicted associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in an interview that Trump "knew exactly what was going on."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/giuliani-associate-parnas-says-trump-knew-exactly-what-was-going-n1116731
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani who has been implicated in an alleged attempt to pressure the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, says, "President Trump knew exactly what was going on."
"He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president. I have no intent, I have no reason to speak to any of these officials," Parnas, who faces campaign finance charges, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in an interview that aired Wednesday night.
"I mean, they have no reason to speak to me. Why would President Zelenskiy's inner circle or Minister Avakov or all these people or President Poroshenko meet with me? Who am I? They were told to meet with me. And that's the secret that they're trying to keep. I was on the ground doing their work," Parnas said.
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Lev Parnas: 'Attorney General Barr was basically on the team.'
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lev-parnas-attorney-general-barr-was-basically-on-the-team-76856389785
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about his belief that Attorney General William Barr was in the loop on Donald Trump's scheme to get Ukraine to generate dirt about Joe Biden and his son. "Mr. Barr had to have known everything. I mean, it’s impossible."
"We met several times at the Trump hotel, but our relationship started getting... expanded when I was introduced to his aide Derek Harvey... they were involved in getting all this stuff on Biden..." "It's hard to see them lie like that when you know it, it's like scary, he knew very well what was going on, he knew what was going on, he knows who I am."
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Lev Parnas remarks on role of Devin Nunes in Trump Ukraine Scheme
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lev-parnas-remarks-on-role-of-devin-nunes-in-trump-ukraine-scheme-76855877894
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about his interactions with Rep. Devin Nunes and his assistant Derek Harvey and his surprise at seeing Nunes in the House Intel impeachment hearings given his role in Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme.
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Parnas: Pence tasked with getting Ukraine to announce Biden probe
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parnas-pence-tasked-with-getting-ukraine-to-announce-biden-probe-76859461532
Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, talks with Rachel Maddow in an exclusive interview about Donald Trump's frustration that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy wouldn't announce an investigation into Joe Biden and his son, and Mike Pence being assigned the task of making that expectation clear to Ukraine.
