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My latest NBC Op-Ed ⤵️

People asked me variations of: "Does it matter that nobody testified that Trump told them directly that there's a link between the investigations and the security aid or White House meeting?"

Answer: Absolutely not.
Exactly ⤵️ I wrote about the NBC Op Ed that I co-authored with
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@glennkirschner2 nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

Trump's strong-arming of the Ukrainian president seems to closely follow the methods described by Michael Cohen, Andrew McCabe — and "The Godfather. ⤵️
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(Thread) Are Ukrainian oligarchs throwing Giuliani under the bus?
nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/…

This article packs in lots of information.

Sources are interviews with Firtash and Kolomoisky (Ukrainian oligarchs) and “several other people with knowledge of Giuliani’s dealings.”
1/ First, to summarize.

According to this article, Parnas met with Firtash at Giuliani’s direction and encouraged Firtash to help in the hunt for compromising dirt on Biden “as part of any potential resolution to his extradition matter.”
2/ “As part of” and “potential resolution” sets this encounter up the solicitation of a bribe.

(The client is Parnas)

It seems to me we can paraphrase it like this: If Firtash wants help resolving his DOJ problems, he can help Giuliani dig up [manufacture] dirt on Biden.
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It seems to me that this defense is undercut by the following:

If Trump sincerely felt he was justified in withholding the aid, there are legal means to do so. The law requires that Congress must be notified.

He went around those legal means.
So it seems to me that Congress anticipated this defense by calling Laura Cooper, who testified about the procedures Trump must follow if he feels aid should be withheld. @SethAbramson
The procedures were explained a few times during the hearings.
@SethAbramson I'll add that these aren't criminal proceedings, so criminal standards (like appropriate level of mens rea, or criminal intent) shouldn't apply.

The only "punishment" is removal from office.
So it's more akin to a civil proceeding in which a person is removed from a job.
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(Thread) What the heck is going on with Devin Nunes?

On Wednesday the Daily Beast reported that indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Devin Nunes to help with his “investigations.”
thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-hel…
1/ Then on Thurs. came that dramatic moment in Fiona Hill’s testimony when Rep. Swalwell read parts of the Daily Beast article into the record and said Nunes may be a “fact witness if he was working with indicted individuals around our investigation.”
2/ On Friday we learned that Lev Parnas wants to testify before Congress.

What he has to say is this: Last December, Nunes and a few aides went to Vienna and met with Viktor Shokin.
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