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🔔AlarmBells🔔

Trump/Giuliai’s henchmen Parnas & Fruman arrested.

Giuliani under investigation

Parnas & Furman funneled donations into gop coffers #DeSantis #McCarthy
#PSessions

TX Rep Pete Sessions is “Congressman 1” in indictment; asked Pompeo to remove the UKR Amb.
🔔AlarmBells2🔔

At least four NatSec officials raised alarms about URN policy before and after Trump call w/ Zelensky

Parnas said he told Sessions that Amb Yovanovitch had been disloyal to Trump & soon after that meeting, Sessions contacted Pompeo to recommend firing her.
🔔AlarmBells3🔔

Fiona Hill, who was until recently Trump’s top aide on Russia and Europe, plans to tell Congress that Giuliani and E.U. amb Sondland circumvented the NSC & the normal WH process to pursue a shadow foreign policy on Ukraine

Barr met privately with Rupert Murdoch
🔔AlarmBells4🔔

At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call with Ukrainian president

DeSantis to return money from Giuliani associates arrested on campaign finance charges
🔔AlarmBells5🔔

NatSec Legal Advisor John Eisenberg likely would also have played a leading role in the White House efforts to prevent the nation’s intel director from turning over a WBC about Trump’s Ukraine call to lawmakers.

Eisenberg reportedly has a distain for congress.
🔔AlarmBells6🔔

The Republican Senate Confirmed the Russians Interfered in the 2016 Primaries (!) to Help Trump

The SIC report also makes clear this was no beta test—it was a full-blown GRU intelligence attack.

Me thinks no different than the attack on PearlHarbor
🔔AlarmBells7🔔

“The Russians were serving vodka and herring in the club car of the Trump Train ever since it first left the station.

The details throughout make it clear that this was no beta test.

It was a full-blown, balls-to-the-wall intelligence attack.”
🔔AlarmBells8🔔

And it wasn't just aimed at the elex itself.

It was designed to create a cultural and political context, especially online, wherein the elex of Trump as president was not as ridiculous a prospect as it obviously was.

And they didn't miss any chance at doing so.
🔔AlarmBells9🔔

The Danger of Abandoning Our Partners

The Syria policy reversal threatens to undo 5 years’ worth of fighting against ISIS & will severely damage American credibility and reliability.

The Dangerous Link Between Syria and Ukraine

Pompeo’s aide McKinley resigns.
🔔AlarmBells10🔔

Putin has used the fighting in both countries to trap the U.S.

“Turkish, Russian, & ISIS maneuvers in Syria seem to be happening in sync w/ one another.”

Whats at stake?

The Kurd’s oil fields & Putin’s ambition to run a gas pipeline through their territory.
🔔AlarmBells11🔔

April 2019: What appears to be the main accomplishment of the Rosneft investments in the Kurdish region is securing the gas pipeline contract in September 2017.

Rosneft's (RU oil CO) entry into the Kurdish energy sector "is about gas, not oil".
🔔AlarmBells12🔔

Currently, Gazprom holds monopoly over Russian gas exports to Europe.

By securing a gas deal with the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) Rosneft seeks not only to increase gas exports under Russian control to Europe, but also challenge Gazprom.

Interesting..
🔔AlarmBells13🔔

"Bringing the Kurdish natural gas to Turkey 👉🏼to Europe is probably Rosneft's best bet for rivalling Gazprom's gas export monopoly, which Rosneft & peers have been lobbying the RU gov’t to end,"

Trump Urged Tillerson to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges
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Parnas & Fruman “did make it a point to say a few times that they had very good relationships with the WH, that they were frequent guests at Mar-a-Lago, and -—“

“They did mention that they had a close friendship with Mayor Giuliani,” Curbelo replied.
🔔AlarmBells15🔔

Tillerson refused Trump’s request arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing inv’n of the trader, Reza Zarrab.

2017: Turkish President Implicated in Iran Sanctions Case

Jeremy Hammond, former Wikileaks source held in contempt
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Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda

General McMaster: “Our forces there served as a useful means of preventing what we see now, which is a Turkish-Kurdish civil war that has profound political as well as humanitarian consequences,”
🔔AlarmBells17🔔

Deutsche does not have Trumps Tax Returns.

DonJr’s hunting pal Tommy Hicks Jr. isn’t in gov’t, but the friendship has put him in the room when the adm talks China & 5G policy, & it lets him help others — including one friend who had $143M riding on the outcome
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3 House Cmtes subpoena Trump’s ex-atty John Dowd for info on his newly indicted clients, Parnas & Fruman

Rick Perry subpoenaed in House impeachment inquiry

Barr met Murdoch at his home in New York, according to someone familiar with it
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Biden Campaign Skewers New York Times For Helping Trump Spread Debunked Conspiracy

The Times was criticized for prioritizing "sensationalism" over “truth" in its spread of a "baseless conspiracy theory" about Biden and Ukraine.
🔔AlarmBells20🔔

Trump firm ‘refusing to pay’ legal bill for windfarm case

Scottish government says US president’s company has not accepted bill of tens of thousands of pounds

Manufacturing is now officially in recession, despite Trump’s vow to boost industry
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Sacklers Lose Bid To Dismiss Charges In Mass. In First Test Of OxyContin Family Liability

Pentagon Analyst Is Charged in Leaks of Classified Reports

The arrest highlights Trump adm’s aggressive pursuit of gov’t workers who share classified info w/ journalists.
🔔AlarmBells21🔔

Marie Yovanovitch, ex-ambassador to Ukraine, expected to testify in impeachment probe despite White House pledge not to cooperate

A PAC Backed by Giuliani Henchmen Spent Millions for Member Who Targeted Ukraine Ambassador
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Arizona county assessor accused of human smuggling, sale of a child in adoption scheme

Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is accused of transporting more than 40 pregnant Marshall Islands women into Utah during the past three years as part of the schem
🔔AlarmBells23🔔

U.S. Weighing Currency Pact With China as Part of Partial Deal

Facebook CEO to Testify at House Panel About Libra

Zuck will be asked about Facebook’s foray into cryptocurrency and its impact on the financial-services sector #YuriMilner #Gazprom #PeterTheil
🔔AlarmBells23🔔

Trump's longtime biz connex in Turkey back in the spotlight

Trump’s decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan.

Evangelical leaders break with Trump over Turkey's Syria assault
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DiGenova and Toensing hired Parnas in July to serve as an interpreter related to their rep of Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch, who was detained in Vienna in 2014 on corruption charges filed in the U.S.

Confirmed Parnas, Furman & Giuliani headed to Vienna👇🏼
🔔AlarmBells25🔔

Europe warns that 5G networks could be hit by state-backed hackers

Envoy to UKR was removed after pushback on Giuliani

Paul Manafort case doesn’t violate double jeopardy: state prosecutors

Zelenskiy ready to open probe into any Ukraine meddling in Trump elex
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White House political appointees overrode career staffers before freezing Ukraine aid

🔑Parnas said he retained Giuliani & paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars — for what Giuliani said on Thursday was business and legal advice. #FraudGuarantee
🔔AlarmBells27🔔

Via Parnas’ company ‘Fraud Guarantee’ Rudy increasingly relied on Parnas to carry out Trump’s quest for evidence in UKR that would undercut the legitimacy of the Mueller inv’n re RU’s interference to boost Trump 2016 election and help him heading into 2020 elex.
Giuliani was hired to rep Parmas’ company ‘Fraud Guarantee’
The president’s lawyer was paid by Lev Parnas, who with Igor Fruman worked on behalf of President Trump in Ukraine.

You can’t make this sh*t up! 🤷‍♀️

FRAUD GUARANTEE? OMFG!!!

nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/…
“On October 3, 2019, counsel for Parnas and Fruman sent a letter to Congress requesting additional time...and confirming that “Messrs. Parnas and Fruman assisted Mr. Giuliani in connection with his representation of President Trump.”

#TheDeepStupid
💣B O O M💣

DiGenova and Toensing, two lawyers close to Trump & Barr, hired Parnas in July to serve as an interpreter related to their rep of Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch, who was detained in Vienna in 2014 on corruption charges filed in the U.S.

wsj.com/articles/two-f…
White House political appointees overrode career staffers before freezing Ukraine aid

washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani

apnews.com/01c10d68553b4d…
At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call with Ukrainian president
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Two Giuliani Associates Who Helped Him on Ukraine Arrested on Campaign-Finance Charges
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia later on Thursday

wsj.com/articles/two-f…
Parma’s Fruman Complaint

h/t @KlasfeldReports

documentcloud.org/documents/6466…
2017: Turkish President Implicated in Iran Sanctions Case

courthousenews.com/money-launder-…
2018: Turkey's İYİ Party suggests gov't to 'seize Trump Towers' in Istanbul as retaliation for US sanctions
H/T @msmariat

hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-iyi-pa…
General McMaster: “Our forces there served as a useful means of preventing what we see now, which is a Turkish-Kurdish civil war that has profound political as well as humanitarian consequences,”

politico.com/news/2019/10/1…
Fiona Hill, who was until recently Trump’s top aide on Russia and Europe, plans to tell Congress that Rudy Giuliani and E.U. amb Gordon Sondland circumvented the National Security Council and the normal WH process to pursue a shadow policy on Ukraine

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
The Republican Senate Confirmed the Russians Interfered in the 2016 Primaries (!) to Help Trump

The SIC report also makes clear this was no beta test—it was a full-blown GRU intelligence attack.

Me thinks no different than the attack on PearlHarbor

esquire.com/news-politics/…
Giuliani dealings with associates scrutinized as part of investigation

cnn.com/2019/10/10/pol…
The Dangerous Link Between Syria and Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has used the fighting in both countries to trap the U.S.

politico.com/magazine/story…
Deutsche Bank does not have Trumps Tax Returns

nytimes.com/2019/10/10/bus…
Interesting...

April 2019: What appears to be the main accomplishment of the Rosneft investments in the Kurdish region is securing the gas pipeline contract in September 2017.

Rosneft's entry into the Kurdish energy sector "is about gas, not oil".

aljazeera.com/indepth/featur…
White House Shifted Authority Over Ukraine Aid Amid Legal Concerns

wsj.com/articles/white…
July: DonJr.’s Hunting Buddy Tommy Hicks Jr. isn’t in government, but the friendship has put him in the room when the adm talks China & 5G policy, & it lets him help others — including one friend who had $143M riding on the outcome.

propublica.org/article/trump-…
PG&E power outage could cost the California economy more than $2 billion

Power outages often hit local businesses the hardest since they don’t always have generators or infrastructure.

cnbc.com/2019/10/10/pge…
Zelenskiy ready to open probe into any Ukraine meddling in Trump election

reuters.com/article/us-ukr…
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda

theguardian.com/world/2019/oct…
‼️Timeline‼️

The 24-hour news cycle feels like 24 years, and it's hard to remember all that's happened.  Hopefully this timeline will provide some helpful context as we live through this unprecedented time.

By @saradannerdukic

sutori.com/story/wtf-is-h…
Parnas & Fruman “did make it a point to say a few times that they had very good relationships with the WH, that they were frequent guests at Mar-a-Lago, and -—“

“They did mention that they had a close friendship with Mayor Giuliani,” Curbelo replied.

rawstory.com/2019/10/arrest…
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
The president's decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan.

nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Flynn’s Turkish lobbying client complained about Trump’s stance during campaign

politico.com/story/2019/05/…
Facebook CEO to Testify at House Panel About Libra
Mark Zuckerberg will be asked about Facebook’s foray into cryptocurrency and its impact on the financial-services sector #YuriMilner #Gazprom #PeterTheil

wsj.com/articles/faceb…
Pentagon Analyst Is Charged in Leaks of Classified Reports
The arrest was the latest in the Trump administration’s aggressive pursuit of government workers who share classified information with journalists.

nytimes.com/2019/10/09/us/…
Jeremy Hammond, former Wikileaks source held in contempt
gizmodo.com/jeremy-hammond…
Marie Yovanovitch, ex-ambassador to Ukraine, expected to testify in impeachment probe despite White House pledge not to cooperate

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
A PAC Backed by Giuliani Henchmen Spent Millions for Member Who Targeted Ukraine Ambassador

thedailybeast.com/america-first-…
U.S. Weighing Currency Pact With China as Part of Partial Deal

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The Danger of Abandoning Our Partners

The Syria policy reversal threatens to undo five years’ worth of fighting against ISIS and will severely damage American credibility and reliability.

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges

Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing inv’n of the trader, Reza Zarrab.

They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
After meeting with Trump, Parnas said he told Rep Pete Sessions that Amb Yovanovitch had been disloyal to Trump (too anti-corruption) & soon after that meeting, Sessions contacted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to recommend firing her.

buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Counterterrorism Analyst Arrested for Leaking to Two Journalists
Classified reports allegedly released to CNBC and NBC had to do with China’s weapons systems

wsj.com/articles/count…
Trump firm ‘refusing to pay’ legal bill for windfarm case
Scottish government says US president’s company has not accepted bill of tens of thousands of pounds

theguardian.com/us-news/2019/o…
Facebook’s Russian Business Model

H/T @ladyboneyard

the-american-interest.com/2018/04/24/fac…
Trump on Wednesday afternoon signed executive orders that will change how federal agencies issue guidance documents, which they can use to set regulatory policy without going through the normal lengthy public comment and review process.

courthousenews.com/trump-signs-ex…
AZ county assessor accused of human smuggling, sale of a child in adoption scheme
Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is accused of transporting more than 40 pregnant Marshall Islands women into Utah during the past three years as part of the scheme.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…
2017: Guilisni’s client Gold trader (Reza Zarrab) says he made 'maybe $150 million' from plot to beat Iran sanctions

cnn.com/2017/12/07/us/…
Erdogan Helped Turks Evade Iran Sanctions, Reza Zarrab Says

nytimes.com/2017/11/30/wor…
🌿#PAM #PAMFAM🌿

Don’t Be Alarmed by Armies of Tarantulas. They’re Just Looking for Love.
Warm weather has extended tarantula mating season in California; ‘gentle giants’

wsj.com/articles/dont-…
🌳Breathe🌳

Today was one for the history books, problem is that, it is so whacky no one will believe it!

Giuliani is retained counsel for Parnas’ company FRAUD GUARANTEE & they did work to benefit Trump = negate Mueller inv’n & dig up dirt on political opponents in 2020 elex!
🌳Breathe🌳

The good news is power is being turned back on inN Bay Area—what a disaster. The forecasted high winds were just a gentle breeze...meanwhile 100s of 1000s of people’s lives were compromised. $2B lost.

Food rotted everywhere.

I hope Giuliani is indicted tomorrow.
Huge shout out to Tami @geekgirlden for putting together the #NutshellReport last night & she did so brilliantly! Thank you so much Tami!
@threadreaderapp unroll please and TY!

#NutShellReport
#ThePatriotTimes

Apologies in advance if I don’t respond to your reply- my notifications clog & don’t load. DM me or @ me again to get my attn if important. Thank you.

October 10, 2019

Rest well #TeamPatriot #USVIA
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