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Hill Reporter Worked With Indicted Giuliani Associate To Craft Ukraine Lies
Lev Parnas, recently indicted for foreign influence in U.S. elections, collaborated closely with The Hills John Solomon to fuel spurious allegations involving the Bidens and Ukraine.
By ProPublica
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/10/hill-reporter-worked-indicted-giuliani
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Last March, a veteran Washington reporter taped an interview with a Ukrainian prosecutor that sparked a disinformation campaign alleging Joe Biden pressured Ukrainians into removing a prosecutor investigating a company because of its ties to the former vice presidents son. The interview and subsequent columns, conducted and written by a writer for The Hill newspaper, John Solomon, were the starting gun that eventually set off the impeachment inquiry into the president.
Watching from the control booth of The Hills TV studio was Lev Parnas, who helped arrange the interview.
Parnas and his partner Igor Fruman were working with the presidents personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to promote a story that it was Democrats and not Republicans who colluded with a foreign power in the 2016 election. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan indicted the duo this month on allegations that they illegally funneled foreign money into U.S. political campaigns.
Interviews and company records obtained by ProPublica show Parnas worked closely with Solomon to facilitate his reporting, including helping with translation and interviews. Solomon also shared files he obtained related to the Biden allegations with Parnas, according to a person familiar with the exchange. And the two men shared yet another only recently revealed connection: Solomons personal lawyers connected the journalist to Parnas and later hired the Florida businessman as a translator in their representation of a Ukrainian oligarch.
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 26, 2019, 04:55 AM - Edit history (3)
thing was started by Giugliani in this manner. There is too much noise and faux news will not cover it.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)and friend had planned with Mike Huckabee, who has his own show, too.