Lev Parnas, Key Player in Ukraine Affair, Completes Break With Trump and Giuliani

[gristy]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — Lev Parnas, the Soviet-born businessman who played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rivals of President Trump, completed his break with the White House on Wednesday, asserting for the first time in public that the president was fully aware of the efforts to dig up damaging information on his behalf.

In an interview with The New York Times on the day the House transmitted articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump to the Senate, Mr. Parnas also expressed regret for having trusted Mr. Trump and Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer and the architect of the Ukraine pressure campaign. His lawyer said he was eager to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating Mr. Giuliani.

Mr. Parnas made his remarks as House impeachment investigators released more material he had turned over to them. The material, including text messages, photos and calendar entries, underscored how deeply Mr. Parnas and others were involved in carrying out the pressure campaign and how new information continues to surface even as the Senate prepares to begin Mr. Trump’s trial next week. And it provided additional evidence that the effort to win political advantage for Mr. Trump was widely known among his allies, showing that Mr. Parnas communicated regularly with two top Republican fund-raisers about what he was up to.

Text messages and call logs show that Mr. Parnas was in contact with Tom Hicks Jr., a donor and Trump family friend, and Joseph Ahearn, who raised money for pro-Trump political groups, about developments in the Ukraine pressure campaign.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/us/politics/lev-parnas-ukraine-trump-giuliani.html

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[C Moon]

2. Look at the crimes these rich assholes are committing. And what will happen to them?

I predict little to nothing.
And someone, for example, who is caught with marijuana (in many states), is hammered by the law.
We are now very clearly seeing the class war that we live under.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Rachel Maddow also covered this on her show tonight.

And she'll do another episode with Lev Parnas tomorrow night.

I'm glad to see all of this material coming to light.

[gristy]

4. Yes, I watched the repeat after I saw everybody here posting about it

Just amazing. And great timing.

[dweller]

5. and key here is

"His lawyer said he was eager to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating Mr. Giuliani."

fatnixon's excuse for Roy Cohn ..

✌🏼

[duforsure]

6. He's just the tip of the iceburg

Many more will follow exposing this administration which will start implicating more republican members in Congress , so Moscow Mitch should see the writing on the wall very soon , and he and his wife should be having sleepless nights , and worried they will be exposed also. Moscow Mitch will turn on trump at some point soon knowing this. If in the Senate they don't convict I think many members will end up after everything comes out as co-conspirators for obstructing justice , and for taking bribes from putin and others. Its now just a natter of time, and they're walking into a trap if they don't convict and remove trump, because a lot more will be coming out , including their involvement . Justice is coming after them.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Just a reminder

House Republicans are already on record opposing impeachment! IF this saga carries further, they are exposed!

[Bayard]

8. We need this corroborated

Otherwise, he's just going to be portrayed as a lying tRump-hater.

CAN Giuliani be subpoena'd, and can it be enforced? I'm curious now to see if witnesses will ignore subpoenas sent by the rethug Senate, the way they did the House. (if we get witnesses).

[Wuddles440]

9. Parnas....

had better be watching his six because he may be joining Epstein in the near future. Of course, he probably can sleep soundly knowing that Dear Leader's consigliere, Billy Barr, will keep him safe.