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This tracks closely with the Parnas/Fruman indictment.

Corrupt Ukrainian businessmen were unhappy with the anti-corruption efforts of Yovanovich.

Starting in Mar 2018, they funneled $$$ thru Parnas/Fruman to U.S. politicians in an effort to get Maria Yovanovich fired. 1/4
The Ukrainians, knowing how Trump responds to "disloyalty," told him Yovanovich was being disloyal to him. It worked. 2/4
Two months later they went to work on Pete Sessions.

(from indictment) ⬇️ 3/4
Pete Sessions, on May 9, 2018, wrote a letter to Mike Pompeo impugning Yovanovitch.

4/4
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In December 2017, just two months before the emergence of Fruman/Parnav, Giuliani took a trip to Ukraine and met with President Poroshenko and the corrupt prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko (the guy who John Solomon interviewed for his smear articles).

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But reading this made me realize that despite Barr having immense power in his AG role, he actually feels legally vulnerable.
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Tami Burages
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George Kent said in his deposition that Parnas and Fruman were trying to arrange meetings in Ukraine around March 10 and 11th with ...

1) Ivan Bakanov (childhood friend of Zelenskyy, now head of security service).

2) Arsen Avakov (Ukrainian Minister of Interior).
Both Bakanov and Avakov told George Kent about this and might be able shed further light on the conversation.
Sorry. MAY 2019. Not March.
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Tami Burages
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What if you could wear sweats everyday and through some magical process, the world would see you wearing amazing Fifth Avenue fashion? You'd never have to extend any personal effort to make yourself look presentable.

Elected GOP = slackers in sweats
FNC = magical process

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The ease of never having to exert fashion muscle would result in an inability to even piece together an outfit.

Likewise, elected GOP officials appear to have lost the ability to exert personal honor and good faith in protecting the Constitution and U.S. institutions.

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The bulk of right-wing media has become agenda-driven: attack Democrats, cover for Republicans.

That's not a free-press. It's political propaganda and it's enabled the utter moral rot of the Republican Party. 3/3
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(Thread) Ambassador Yovanovitch deposition

I read it, and I’m ready to Tweet my notes and impressions.

It's here:
static.politico.com/5e/55/74ab1990…

First, some summary.

Nov-Dec: 2018: Yovanovitch became aware Giuliani was trying to make contact and communicate with people in Ukraine.
1/ People in Ukraine knew why Giuliani was meeting with Lutsenko, because Lutsenko was talking freely about it.

In February, a Ukrainian official, Avakov, told Yovanovitch she needed to “watch her back” because Giuliani was looking to “hurt” her in the US.
2/ She learned about Parnas and Fruman’s financial business in a Ukrainian energy company and assumed her anti-corruption efforts was hurting their financial interests.

Giuliani reached out to Avakov, but Avakov didn’t meet with Giuliani. He was afraid it would be "dangerous.”
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So RudyColludy has been pulling a Ukraine in Romania too.

Again looking for dirt.
@RudyGiuliani wut ARE you DOING? and WHY?

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LIVIU DRAGNEA.

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