4/30/18: "In an exclusive suite known as the Trump Townhouse at Trump’s DC hotel, the group...snapped photos, dined and chatted about their pet issues *with the president* for about 90 minutes."
Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman were there. #IDontKnowThem
Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman were there. #IDontKnowThem
"Among those in attendance were two FL business executives who had little history with Republican politics but had snagged a spot at the dinner with the promise of a major contribution to the *America First super PAC*"
The PAC that Jr's girlfriend is Vice Chairwoman of.
The PAC that Jr's girlfriend is Vice Chairwoman of.
"One of the men, Lev Parnas, has described to associates that he and his business partner, Igor Fruman, told Trump at the dinner that they thought the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was unfriendly to the president and his interests."
"According to Parnas, the president reacted strongly to the news: Trump immediately suggested that then-Amb Yovanovitch, who had been in the Foreign Service for 32 years and served under Democratic and Republican presidents, should be fired, people familiar w/his account said."
"We're going to give you a shit-ton of money...oh yeah, and the lady has to go."
"Parnas’s account of personally discussing Ukraine with Trump more than 18 months ago suggests that he and Fruman had more personal interaction with the president — and potentially more influence over his views on that country — than the White House has acknowledged."
“Now it’s possible I have a picture with them because I have a picture with everybody,” the president said the day after they were arrested at Dulles International Airport last month, adding: “I don’t know what they do, but, I don’t know, maybe they were clients of Rudy.” 🤡
"But the two men had some personal interactions w/Trump, both before and after they met Giuliani in the summer of 2018. Those included encounters at a FL fundraiser in 2016 and during a visit to Mar-a-Lago...according to social media accts and people who encountered them."
Even before that.
Parnas is alleged to have steered wealthy RUs to Trump's properties:
"The president was updated regularly by Giuliani on what he was learning about Parnas’s and Fruman’s efforts in Ukraine, according to a former senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation."
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“It’s just not true that he had no idea who these guys were. He knew Lev particularly,” the person said.
In 2/19, Parnas and Fruman met w/ ...Poroshenko...They were doing so, he said, on a request from Giuliani, who was acting on orders from Trump."
“It’s just not true that he had no idea who these guys were. He knew Lev particularly,” the person said.
In 2/19, Parnas and Fruman met w/ ...Poroshenko...They were doing so, he said, on a request from Giuliani, who was acting on orders from Trump."
"...the two proposed that in exchange for a state visit, the Ukrainian president would announce investigations into former vice president Joe Biden’s son and an unfounded theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential race."
Rudy making sure you know that it wasn't him who put them in front of Trump:
"In an interview last week, Giuliani...said Parnas and Fruman already had met the president when he first encountered them in the summer of 2018. “I did not introduce them to the president,” he said."
"In an interview last week, Giuliani...said Parnas and Fruman already had met the president when he first encountered them in the summer of 2018. “I did not introduce them to the president,” he said."
Parnas atty, Edward B. McMahon:
“There isn’t anything that Parnas did in the Ukraine relative to the Bidens or the 2016 election that he wasn’t asked to do by Giuliani, who was acting on the direction of the president,”
So now *two* lawyers for Parnas.
“There isn’t anything that Parnas did in the Ukraine relative to the Bidens or the 2016 election that he wasn’t asked to do by Giuliani, who was acting on the direction of the president,”
So now *two* lawyers for Parnas.
Parnas other lawyer, Bondi. He repped at least one of the Gottis:
"Prosecutors have alleged that Parnas & Fruman gave campaign contributions to the pro-Trump super PAC and other PACs in an effort “to advance their personal financial interests and the political interests of at least one Ukrainian government official with whom they were working.”
LOL, sorry, his name is Bondy. Joseph Bondy. With a '"y."
"Yovanovitch testified that she was told by a Ukrainian official in Feb that Parnas and Fruman were working w/Giuliani and that they were “interested in having a diff amb at post, I guess for — because they wanted to have business deals in Ukraine or additional business dealings”
"atty for Parnas, Joseph A. Bondy, said that he “denies having participated in the President and Guiliani’s efforts to remove Amb Yovanovitch at the request of Ukrainian gov't officials or to benefit his and Fruman’s prospective liquefied natural gas biz interests in Ukraine.”
"However, people who spoke to Parnas and Fruman said that they spoke often of their displeasure with Yovanovitch and claimed they had personally discussed the ambassador with Trump on more than one occasion."
"In an interview w/The Post last month, Giuliani said that Trump blamed the State Dept for slow-walking his desire to remove Yovanovitch. “The president fired her 3 times and thought she was gone...The president thought she was gone long before she was actually fired.”
"More than a year after the dinner at the Trump hotel, Yovanovitch was summarily removed from her post following a campaign in conservative media to paint her as an Obama administration holdover opposed to Trump."
"The president’s hostility to Yovanovitch appears to have begun even earlier than previously known. He reacted strongly when her role in Ukraine came up with Parnas and Fruman at the April 30, 2018, dinner at his Washington hotel, according to Parnas’s account."
"Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was also in attendance. Alan Futerfas, atty for Trump Jr, said in a stmt that “over the past few years, he has attended literally 100s of donor events. Nothing about this one stands out.”
Just 3 weeks later, weird!
Just 3 weeks later, weird!
"The president’s son stoked conservative anger toward Yovanovitch this spring by retweeting an article calling for her removal and saying we need “less of these jokers as ambassadors.”
"The Trump hotel dinner was one of several events for top donors, designed to show that the super PAC was the right venue for supporters to send large checks, according to a person familiar with the event who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private dinner."
"Kelly Sadler, a spokeswoman for the super PAC, said the roundtable dinner was “typical of the dinners arranged for potential donors.”
About 15 people were in attendance, including Nicklaus, according to people familiar with the event. "
About 15 people were in attendance, including Nicklaus, according to people familiar with the event. "
Gee, rather than asking Kelly Sadler for comment - why didn't they just go straight to Jr's den mommy? 
"Also in attendance, they said, was Stanley Gale, a RE developer from NY, whose co developed a massive complex in SoKorea, including a golf course designed by Nicklaus. Gale pitched the president on using his property to host a summit w/the leader of North Korea..."
"In addition to Nicklaus, other attendees included Tommy Hicks Jr a Republican fundraiser who is close friends w/Trump’s son, as well as Roy Bailey, a TX businessman who has served as a top Trump fundraiser and is close to Giuliani..."
Ya don't say!
Ya don't say!
"After the dinner, Parnas posted photos of it on social media, erroneously tagging it as having been held at the WH....he stood w/Trump between two American flags, giving a thumbs-up.
“Thank you President Trump !!!
“Thank you President Trump !!!
Link back, eot ✌️
"At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account"
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"At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account"
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