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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGiuliani Caught Trying to Score Cash From Ukraine Gas Company
Giuliani Caught Trying to Score Cash From Ukraine Gas Company Exactly What He Accused Hunter Biden of DoingIn an ironic twist, Rudy Giuliani has been caught trying to make money off of a Ukraine gas company while trying to accuse former Vice President Joe Bidens son Hunter of doing the same.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that Giuliani was trying to score major cash while manifesting a conspiracy theory to sink the Bidens.
Their aims were profit, not politics, the AP reported. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraines massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.
Meanwhile, Giuliani and Trump were trying to get Ukraine leaders to say the Bidens were the corrupt ones.
The plan hit a snag, the AP reported, after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lost his reelection to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who ran on a campaign of ridding the country of its corruption problems. Zelenskiy, however, is now caught up in a corruption scandal with Giuliani and Trump.
Read more: https://apnews.com/d7440cffba4940f5b85cd3dfa3500fb2
AP sources: Trump allies sought changes at Ukraine utility
https://apnews.com/d7440cffba4940f5b85cd3dfa3500fb2
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Giuliani Caught Trying to Score Cash From Ukraine Gas Company (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2019
OP
Lock him up.
(6,941 posts)1. ''Follow the money''
How long before we hear the orange caligula whine ''fake news fake news fake news'' (?)C
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)4. If Mueller had done that or been able to do it,
I think Trump and his corrupt GOP cabal would have been over a long time ago.
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)2. "Gang Aft Agley"
dchill
(38,532 posts)3. "A daimen icker in a thrave...
'S a sma' request"
kentuck
(111,110 posts)5. It appears Giuliani and Trump were after more than just dirt on the Bidens?
https://apnews.com/d7440cffba4940f5b85cd3dfa3500fb2
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The Trump and Giuliani allies driving the attempt to change the senior management at Naftogazt, however, appear to have had inside knowledge of the U.S. governments plans in Ukraine. For example, they told people that Trump would replace the U.S. ambassador there months before she was actually recalled to Washington, according to three of the individuals interviewed by the AP. One of the individuals said he was so concerned by the whole affair that he reported it to a U.S. Embassy official in Ukraine months ago.
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These conversations were recounted to AP by Dale W. Perry, an American who is a former business partner of Favorov. He told AP in an interview that Favorov described the meeting to him soon after it happened and that Favorov perceived it to be a shakedown. Perry, who is no relation to the energy secretary, is the managing partner of Energy Resources of Ukraine, which currently has business agreements to import natural gas and electricity to Ukraine.
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Gordon D. Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt D. Volker, then the State Departments special envoy to Ukraine, were also in the room, according to photographs reviewed by AP. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, said he was floored by the American requests because the person had always viewed the U.S. government as having a higher ethical standard.
The Naftogaz supervisory board is supposed to be selected by the Ukrainian presidents Cabinet in consultation with international institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, the United States and the European Union. It must be approved by the Ukrainian Cabinet. Ukrainian officials perceived Perrys push to swap out the board as circumventing that established process, according to the person in the room.
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The Trump and Giuliani allies driving the attempt to change the senior management at Naftogazt, however, appear to have had inside knowledge of the U.S. governments plans in Ukraine. For example, they told people that Trump would replace the U.S. ambassador there months before she was actually recalled to Washington, according to three of the individuals interviewed by the AP. One of the individuals said he was so concerned by the whole affair that he reported it to a U.S. Embassy official in Ukraine months ago.
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These conversations were recounted to AP by Dale W. Perry, an American who is a former business partner of Favorov. He told AP in an interview that Favorov described the meeting to him soon after it happened and that Favorov perceived it to be a shakedown. Perry, who is no relation to the energy secretary, is the managing partner of Energy Resources of Ukraine, which currently has business agreements to import natural gas and electricity to Ukraine.
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Gordon D. Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt D. Volker, then the State Departments special envoy to Ukraine, were also in the room, according to photographs reviewed by AP. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, said he was floored by the American requests because the person had always viewed the U.S. government as having a higher ethical standard.
The Naftogaz supervisory board is supposed to be selected by the Ukrainian presidents Cabinet in consultation with international institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, the United States and the European Union. It must be approved by the Ukrainian Cabinet. Ukrainian officials perceived Perrys push to swap out the board as circumventing that established process, according to the person in the room.
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)6. So Trump is corrupting other countries, too
President Zelensky is going to face domestic political trouble because of his coddling and manipulations by Trump. It could lead to his being ousted.
Great. Trump has not only screwed our nation's government, now he's branching out overseas. Putin must be so proud.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)10. Yup, and Zekensky was elected on a platform of cleaning up corruption
No wonder he looked positively ill during that meet up with Trump!
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)7. K&R
malaise
(269,157 posts)8. He's a corrupt creep
Lock him up
Vinca
(50,304 posts)9. Everyone knew there must be some money-grubbing going on here.
Giuliani is the slimiest of the slimy. He'll shake them down for loot, hide it overseas and slither back under his rock.