Trump, Giuliani, Parnas, and Fruman had struck deal with Kyiv for political dirt in Feb 2019 with then-President Poroshenko. That all fell apart in Apr with the election of Zelensky, forcing Trump & Giuliani to launch a new bribery scheme.
by @JoshKovensky talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-…
by @JoshKovensky talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-…
@JoshKovensky When Poroshenko lost to Zelensky on Apr 21, it set off a mad scramble in Trumpworld to make inroads with the new admin. Available evidence suggests that Trump, through Giuliani, was scrambling to re-up the [bribery] deal with his new Ukrainian counterpart.
@JoshKovensky In late Feb 2019, Parnas and Fruman met with then-President Poroshenko in Ukrainian general prosecutor Lutsenko's office –– soon after Parnas and Fruman had met with Giuliani and Lutsenko in NY in Jan and again in Warsaw in mid-Feb.
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@JoshKovensky Ukraine’s elite were aware since last winter that Giuliani’s emissaries, Parnas and Fruman, had been dispatched to dig up dirt on the Bidens. The pair, who met with then-President, Poroshenko, spoke too freely about their “secret mission.”
by @FranklinFoer theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
by @FranklinFoer theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
