“After taking on Firtash’s case, Toensing and diGenova secured a rare face-to-face meeting with Attorney General William P. Barr and other Justice Department officials to argue against the charges, three people familiar with the meeting said.”
“Barr declined to intercede, the people said.
A Justice Dept spox said that the case ‘has the support of the department leadership,’ adding: ‘We continue to work closely with the Austrian Ministry of Justice to extradite Mr. Firtash.’
Toensing declined to comment on Barr meeting
A Justice Dept spox said that the case ‘has the support of the department leadership,’ adding: ‘We continue to work closely with the Austrian Ministry of Justice to extradite Mr. Firtash.’
Toensing declined to comment on Barr meeting
In a statement, a spokesman for Toensing & diGenova said that Firtash first met Parnas in June & Firtash has “no business relationship” with either Parnas or Fruman. “No money has been paid to Mr. Parnas by Mr. Firtash beyond his work as a translator for the law firm,” spox said.
“In an interview last week, Giuliani called Firtash an ‘interesting’ guy but said he never met him or worked on his behalf.
‘I did sort of look at Firtash to see if he had any relevant information,” to assist his claims, Giuliani said. ‘As far as I can tell, he didn’t.
‘I did sort of look at Firtash to see if he had any relevant information,” to assist his claims, Giuliani said. ‘As far as I can tell, he didn’t.
‘I looked at maybe 20 of these oligarchs.’
He said he did not know whether Firtash had a relationship with Parnas and Fruman...
Lawyers for Parnas and Fruman declined to comment.
He said he did not know whether Firtash had a relationship with Parnas and Fruman...
Lawyers for Parnas and Fruman declined to comment.
In June, Firtash met Parnas in Vienna “through a mutual Ukrainian friend. Parnas rged Firtash to hire Toensing & diGenovo, whom he had met through Guiliani. Toensing & diGenova brought Parnas aboard as an interpreter... Toensing said she was impressed by his language skills
Dale Perry said Parnas and Fruman’s grand plan included one other element that Favorov found puzzling at the time: They said Naftogaz should put aside financial disputes with Firtash, a decision that could provide a windfall of more than $1 billion for the tycoon.
“He was like, ‘The Firtash debt? Why are these guys talking about that?’ ” Perry said of Favorov. “He just couldn’t understand it.”
In Jan. 2019, Parnas & Fruman helped connect Giuliani by Skype to Shokin. On Sept. 4, Shokin swore out a 12-page affidavit, a document Giuliani has waved on television.
According to the document, it was prepared “at the request of lawyers acting for Dmitry Firtash.”
According to the document, it was prepared “at the request of lawyers acting for Dmitry Firtash.”
