Profile picture
, 3 tweets, 3 min read
New: @RonWyden has released a new report on the NRA and Russia. I’ve pulled out some highlights here, where you can also find a link to the full report: buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
@RonWyden One highlight: We learn in this report of previously undisclosed contacts between former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and NRA leadership before the 2016 election — including a scheduled hunting event. buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
@RonWyden In another email turned over to the committee, Donna Keene, wife of former NRA president David Keene, pleads with then-president Allan Cors to attend the Dec. 2015 trip to Moscow: "we’ve worked for 7 years to build trust with the Russians."

buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with Emma Loop

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @LoopEmma see all

Profile picture
Emma Loop
@LoopEmma
Sen. Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells me that his committee has not yet been able to speak with the whistleblower.

“[We] have our own process with trying to get access to the whistleblower the same way the House is,” Warner said.
Reminder: Here’s what Warner and committee chairman Richard Burr said before the recess about what they would be doing with regards to the whistleblower complaint:
Burr said the committee staff would be “extremely busy” in the weeks ahead, and in typical SSCI fashion, we haven’t heard much about what they’ve been up to. Warner declined to tell me what actions they’ve taken in the last couple weeks.
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Emma Loop
@LoopEmma
Breaking: Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the two men whose finances we reported on yesterday, have been arrested. We’ll be updating this post with more: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil… via @ZoeTillman
@ZoeTillman Here’s the story @MikeSallah7 and I published yesterday on Parnas/Fruman’s spending: buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Emma Loop
@LoopEmma
NEW: We’ve obtained access to scores of banking records on Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman, the two men working with Giuliani to dig up dirt on Biden.

The records reveal more than $200K in spending across the globe as the backchannel campaign was gaining steam.

buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Parnas alone racked up nearly $20,000 in charges at Trump hotels in NYC and Washington. There was $657 spent at a Kyiv strip club. He spent lavishly despite facing soaring personal debts.

buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Some more news: An official tells us that Parnas and Fruman “will be served with subpoenas in short order” if they don’t start cooperating with the impeachment inquiry. Both were asked to turn over documents by Monday and appear for depositions this week. buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Read 7 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
NEW: The Justice Department Has Argued Sex, Information, And Worthless Stock Were “Things Of Value.” But They Say Trump’s Request For Dirt Wasn’t.
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
There have been numerous federal criminal cases in the past where the govt has argued, successfully, for a broad interpretation of what counts as a "thing of value." It's a term that shows up in lots of federal criminal laws, incl. campaign finance laws buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The "what counts as a thing of value" debate is largely untested in court in the context of campaign finance law, but the chair of the FEC has publicly criticized the Justice Department's position on this re: Trump's Ukraine call buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Josh Chafetz
@joshchafetz
1/ Excellent @ZoeTillman piece on what she calls the "interbranch thunderdome" that's currently playing out. (I'm totally finding a way to quote that in some future scholarly piece.) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
2/ One very minor qualification about this passage:
3/ What I'm pretty sure I said (and certainly should have said) was that there have been two instances in which a congressional sergeant has arrested an executive branch official. There have been plenty more arrests of private citizens by sergeants.
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Chuck Ross
@ChuckRossDC
BuzzFeed is trying to portray this as something new, but the memos referenced here are a rehash of what he testified to on Feb. 27. buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
Cohen says that he took Trump's "code words" to mean that he was supposed to lie to Congress about the efforts to build Trump Tower Moscow. Cohen provides no dates, no specifics.
Cohen needs to get his story straight. At Oversight hearing he said this when asked why Lanny Davis did not correct the BuzzFeed story after Mueller's office disputed it. Seems to be acknowledging that BuzzFeed story was wrong.
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
BREAKING: Jared Kushner appears from a closed door Senate Intelligence Committee hearing room this afternoon, six days after Mueller submitted his report on to AG Barr.
Kushner would not respond to questions by @LoopEmma and me about what he was speaking to Senators about. He was in the Intelligence Committee SCIF for about three hours. Nor would he comment on AG Barr's memo characterizing the Mueller report.
buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Karol 🌿
@karolcummins
🥒PeckersPickle🥒

If Trump won by illegal means, can he be indicted or impeached?

Pecker & Howard corroborated Cohen thus implicating Trump in a federal crime.

Lordy Howard has tapes!

Perkier has a safe full of secret Trump Docs!

Davis: there are more revelations to come.🍿
🥒PeckersPickle2🥒

“Holy Sh*t, I Thought Pecker Would Be the Last One to Turn”

David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case

Cohen’s lawyer on TT meeting: Cohen was ‘present at a discussion w/ 45 & DonJr.

Cohen lawyer says he would testify to Congress abt 45 without immunity.
🥒PeckersPickle3🥒

📌Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops on Iran arms deal writers

“Trump deserves the hostility of the public for the fact that he can't be counted on to tell the truth"

📌Trump’s NatEnQ Allies won’t be the last to defect—rats abandoning a sinking ship.
Read 76 tweets

Trending hashtags

#ClintonCrimeFamily #EmbraceUnity #BillClinton #NutShellReport #TAKEN #ChildrensArmy #ThisIsNotAGame #TeamDeza #SundayThoughts #Obama #NRA #Arizona #2020Census #ReleasetheMemo #ImogenCunninghamF64 #Kids4Profit #Russia #Propaganda #TrumpLies #Haiti #OpExposeCPSDHS #KremlinAnnex #OpExposeCPS #KnQw #Hillary
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!