Lev Parnas was using Joseph Ahearn, America First Action’s director of development, to send things to Donald Trump Jr. to tweet about Ukraine. “Sent,” Ahearn wrote in March, per docs @politico has written about here: politico.com/news/2020/01/1…
@politico Here are the docs: docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU…
Four days later, Parnas sent Ahearn a Daily Wire story titled "Calls Grow To Remove Obama’s U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine.”
That same day, Trump Jr. tweeted the story:
In May, on the same day Parnas sent Ahearn a pic in a flak jacket, Parnas wrote: “It’s more important than ever to get a good ambassador that’s loyal to our president in there please make sure you pass on the message every ear more important than ever.”
“Yes,” Ahearn replied.
This batch of documents also contains messages between Parnas and Tommy Hicks Jr., cochair of the RNC.
In July, @MikeSallah7 reported Parnas, Hicks, Fruman had breakfast in Beverly Hills. buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Per Politico, these docs were "released late Tuesday night but not publicly noticed.”
I’m seeking clarity from the committee around this — seems odd for them to post all these docs and not tell anyone.
politico.com/news/2020/01/1…
Parnas to Harry Sargeant III, a fellow Floridian businessman, on March 25, 2019:
“Team trump dinner celebration I’m officially part of team trump tomorrow big day my brother I’ll call you tomorrow.”
Appears to have sent a photo as well, but hard to see.
Sargeant was reportedly working with Parnas and Fruman "to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies…”
apnews.com/d7440cffba4940…
Follow Miriam for details from the Lutsenko texts, which she’s translating!
Here’s Sargeant scolding Parnas for asking him to approve car service.
“Don’t bother w this stuff pls…LEV take a and drink cheap vodka."
Again, Sargeant seems unhappy paying for Parnas’s expenses. He assures Sargeant he’ll be reimbursed.
As we’ve reported, Parnas has a history of convincing people to loan him money and never paying it back.
See here: buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
And here: buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
One day before Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine, Parnas wrote:
“Working hard to save our country my brother !!!!
The bomb is dropping tomorrow"
Then, on May 6: “They just recalled her finally.”
Sargeant replies: "Awesome!!"
Appears as though Parnas was talking to Andriy Yermak, an advisor to Zelensky, as late as September 2019:
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