RUDY'S UKRAINE INVESTIGATOR: LEV PARNAS, the Ukrainian-born American businessman who worked with @RudyGiuliani to get damaging info about TRUMP rivals in Ukraine, was paid $22,500 by TRUMP-linked lobbyist BRIAN BALLARD on 9/21/18, @lachlan reveals. thedailybeast.com/trumpworld-lob… 1/ 
@RudyGiuliani @lachlan BALLARD's firm tells me the $22,500 check was for a referral of business from Parnas unrelated to Ukraine, RUDY GIULIANI or energy.
Ballard spox @RajShah84: "This transaction has nothing to do whatsoever with Mr. Parnas's reported efforts related to Ukraine & @RudyGiuliani" 2/
Ballard spox @RajShah84: "This transaction has nothing to do whatsoever with Mr. Parnas's reported efforts related to Ukraine & @RudyGiuliani" 2/
@RudyGiuliani @lachlan @RajShah84 RUDY GIULIANI's Ukraine efforts started mos. after this LEV PARNAS payment, making it unlikely the two are related.
*Rudy's Ukraine efforts also started mos. after we began researching Hunter Biden's work, but that hasn't stopped false accusations that Rudy planted our story. 3/
*Rudy's Ukraine efforts also started mos. after we began researching Hunter Biden's work, but that hasn't stopped false accusations that Rudy planted our story. 3/
@RudyGiuliani @lachlan @RajShah84 Here is our story EXPOSING -- & raising questions about -- RUDY GIULIANI's efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine with LEV PARNAS, which is not something reporters do to sources who are providing them with opposition research for the story in question. 4/4 nytimes.com/2019/05/09/us/…
