Thread by @karolcummins

‼️WHISTLEBLOWER THEORY‼️

Let’s take the Biden ’dirt’ hunt aspect out of the story & set it aside as a horrific diversion for now.

The truth is much worse.

Remember the Cohen, Sater, Flynn, Manafort & Artemenko “Ukrainian Peace Plan” circa Feb 2017?

Putin quid pro quo?

2/19/17
A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

2/19/17

📌Michael Cohen, presented a sealed envelope to then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn containing a secret peace plan to resolve the three-year conflict in Ukraine.
amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/51…

🔑The plan, according to the report, would have Russian forces pull out of eastern Ukraine, and have Ukraine conduct a referendum on whether Crimea would be leased to Russia for 50 or 100 years.

🔑It also outlined a way to lift sanctions on Russia.
theatlantic.com/international/…

Those pushing the plan:

Michael D. Cohen, who delivered the document;

Felix H. Sater, who helped Mr. Trump scout deals in Russia;

& a Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii V. Artemenko trying to rise in a political opposition movement shaped in part by Manafort.
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

Artemenko claims to have
“names of companies, wire transfers” — showing corruption by the Ukrainian president, Petro O. Poroshenko, that could help oust him.

🔑And Mr. Artemenko said he had received encouragement for his plans from top aides to Putin.
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

“A lot of people will call me a Russian agent, a U.S. agent, a C.I.A. agent,” Mr. Artemenko said.
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

🔑The reported plan raised hackles in Kiev, and not just because it would, in one form or another, recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/51…

Mueller probed Ukrainian who pitched peace plan to White House
The Ukrainian politician tried to shuttle his plan to the White House via two Trump associates now of interest to investigators — Felix Sater and Michael Cohen.

#CounterIntel
politico.com/story/2018/05/…

📌But while the peace plan was an interesting sidebar in most American coverage of the Mueller investigation, it unleashed a major scandal in Ukraine.
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

Artemenko was already an outspoken critic of the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko, and government officials did not take kindly to his attempt to do an end run around their own peace negotiations.
nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…

Apr 22, 2019

Zelenskiy Defeats Ukrainian President Poroshenko On Anti-Corruption Campaign

Is Zekensky beholden to Putin?
npr.org/2019/04/22/715…

7/25/19

The command of the Russian occupation forces is taking measures to build up fortifications at forward positions of the units of the 1st (Donetsk) and 2nd (Luhansk) army corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,"
unian.info/war/10630524-k…

7/25/19 Same day as RU troop build up:

Trump pressed Ukrainian leader to investigate Biden’s son, according to people familiar with the matter
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden’s Son

As egrigeous as this is, continue to set this issue aside for the moment.

It’s a puzzle piece— a media diversion. @maddow @MaddowBlog
wsj.com/articles/trump…

“He told him that he should work with [Mr. Giu­liani] on Biden, and that peo­ple in Wash­ing­ton wanted to know” whether al­le­ga­tions were true or not,

📌Note how this story broke last night, but Giuliani was apparently pre booked on @cnn @ChrisCuomo
wsj.com/articles/trump…

8/27/19: Bolton: No Need For Zelenskiy To 'Rush' Into Action On Donbas

Note Bolton’s objection.

rferl.org/a/national-sec…

8/31/19 Trump and Bolton Out of Sync on Ukraine and Russia

📌Did Bolton object to the implementation of TeamTrump/Putin’s Ukrainian Peace Plan because in one form or another, it recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
And of course lift sanctions?
time.com/5665196/ukrain…

9/1/19

Pence met with President Zelensky in Poland

rferl.org/a/united-state…

9/7/19

Russia and Ukraine Swap Dozens of Prisoners, in a ‘First Step to Stop the War’
nytimes.com/2019/09/07/wor…

9/10/19
Trump fires John Bolton as national security adviser
.
cnn.com/2019/09/10/pol…

9/16/19

🔑Ukraine’s New President Zelensky Hints At Peace With Russia

📌UKRAINIAN PEACE PLAN
forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…

9/16/19

Shot:

Ukraine’s new gov’t, led by Vladimir Zelensky, is going to tick off a lot of people in the West whose job it is to make Putin look like Goldfinger.

Chaser:

Zelensky thinks Vladimir “Goldfinger” Putin wants to normalize relations.
forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…

🔑Zelensky also made overtures to abiding more closely to the Minsk peace deal with Russia, which would require voting in the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…

🔑If the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk “breakaway” it would be impossible for a divided Ukraine to join NATO.

As it is, Crimea is now part of Russia.

🔑Putin would love it, if he could prevent URN from joining NATO.
forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…

9/18/19

📌Ukraine’s troops prepare for mutual withdrawal along Donbas frontline
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…

Why the urgency of Whistleblower’s complaint?

Zelensky, Trump may meet in New York next week Sept 25, 2019

🔑Will Trump ratify a deal beneficial to Putin & detrimental to URN independence & NATO, & lift sanctions implemented after RU invaded Crimea?

kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…

@threadreaderapp unroll please and thank you.

#Whistleblower Theory & Ukraine

#UkrainianPeacePlan
#Cohen #Flynn #Sater #Manafort #Trump #Giuliani #Zelensky

@SpeakerPelosi @RepAdamSchiff @RepSwalwell @RepJerryNadler @File511

9/20/19

https://twitter.com/ggovic/status/1175164634820730880?s=21

https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1175100997200437249?s=21

8/14/19 Ex-advisor of Rudy Giuliani comes to Ukraine due to investigation against Poroshenko

In March 2019, Kislin accused Poroshenko of the genocide of the Ukrainian people and predicted the loss of power by him.

Zekensky is their guy
112.international/politics/ex-ad…

“#Russia's state TV says that Trump volunteered to act as a mediator, negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine”

https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/status/1171436393219813377?s=21

9/12/19: White House releases $250 million in Ukraine military aid
defensenews.com/congress/2019/…

9/18/19 Ukraine’s troops prepare for mutual withdrawal along Donbas frontline
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…