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HIC in possession of video, audio recordings from Lev Parnas‼️

WH review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump’s decision to block UKR military aid

Trump made the decision to w/hold aid the w/o discussion re reasoning or legal justification
🎥LordyLordy🎥

Mulvaney asked acting OMB director Vought for an update on the legal rationale for w/holding the aid & how much longer it could be delayed.

Mulvaney said he asked OMB Dir to block the release of aid to UKR — at the Trump’s request — in early to mid-July of 2019.
🎥LordyLordy3🎥

In December 2018, months before the Ukraine issue surfaced as a top priority for Trump, the GAO had warned OMB (Mulvaney) it was not following the law in how it chose to disburse and withhold congressionally-approved funds.
🎥LordyLordy4🎥

Nunes Spent $57k on Flights to Europe to Allegedly Investigate Bidens as Ethics Complaint Filed Over 'Abuse' of Office

Parnas Said He Assisted Barr & hoped that their work would be instrumental in Barr’s ‘Inv’n’ Of the origin of the Russia Probe
🎥LordyLordy5🎥

Parnas hoped the info Barr gathered will be key to the inv’n against Mueller, particularly during his inv’n into Manafort.

The disinfo campaign involved undermining the IC & bipartisan Congressional findings that RU interfered in the 2016 elex to benefit Trump.
🎥LordyLordy6🎥

They also reportedly worked for Firtash, as well as RW, pro-Trump & Firtash’s attys Toensing & diGenova.

This entire group worked closely with conservative writer John Solomon whose columns based on their investigation served as the foundation through which
🎥LordyLordy7🎥

Giuliani and his goons could launch their disinfo campaign in the RW media.

Parnas’ atty now claims that Parnas was also working with Nunes to procure info to smear Biden & that Nunes met with disgraced UKR prosecutor Shokin in late 2018 as part of these efforts
🎥LordyLordy8🎥

Before Campaigning for Trump, Manafort Plotted to Rig Ukraine Telecoms Deal, Leaked Emails Show

When Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s public telephone operator, was finally privatized, one of the buyers appears to have been Firtash who is fighting extradition to US.
🎥LordyLordy9🎥

While Manafort was unsuccessful in cashing in on the telecommunications privatization scheme, it was not his first time doing business with Firtash.

In 2009, the two men discussed the possibility of establishing an int’l fund to buy distressed properties,
🎥LordyLordy10🎥

That same year, Manafort ended an email to Firtash with an optimistic salutation:

“Our friendship and partnership will last for many years to come.

To our current and future successes!”

Amazon Files Suit Over Pentagon's Award of JEDI Contract to Microsoft
🎥LordyLordy11🎥

Amazon repeated its claims that “unmistakable bias” & “political influence” tainted the decision-making process.

Trump has repeatedly criticized Amazon/Bezos

Amazon suggests that the award of the JEDI contract to Microsoft was improperly influenced by Trump.
🎥LordyLordy12🎥

Hill’s argument also carried an implicit rebuke of all the high-level political appointees who have spurned subpoenas to testify and hand over documents, including her former boss John Bolton, SOS Michael Pompeo and Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
🎥LordyLordy13🎥

SecNav resigns: "I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander & Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline. I can not in good conscience obey obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took"
🎥LordyLordy13🎥

Lindsey Graham hurried back to the Senate floor and did something that likely delighted Erdoğan.

Graham blocked a resolution that would have formally recognized Turkey's genocide of the Armenian people.

Folks, stay tuned for #TurkeyGate—worse than UkraineGate
🎥LordyLordy14🎥

Schiff says House will move forward with impeachment inquiry after 'overwhelming' evidence from hearings

While some officials have declined to testify, the HIC chairman says, "we are not willing to go the months & months & months of rope-a-dope in the courts."
🎥LordyLordy15🎥

Senior DHS cyber official to step down

Likud Rival Slams Netanyahu and Calls for Primary to ‘Save the Country’

The demand by Gideon Saar, a popular ex-minister, was the first crack in the party’s solidarity & signaled what could be a bitter internecine fight.
🎥LordyLordy16🎥

LVMH Nears Deal to Acquire Tiffany for $16.3 Billion

The boards of the two luxury companies met Sunday to approve the deal, with an announcement set for Monday

Airline founder accused of bank fraud and laundering money to shop for jets, a Rolls Royce & Prada
🎥LordyLordy17🎥

Pro-democracy candidates win majority of seats in local elections in HK.

Outdated poverty data funneled millions to wealthy D.C. neighborhoods, while more economically distressed communities received only a sliver of the benefits exacerbating inequities.
🎥LordyLordy18🎥

Egypt Arrests Senior Editor of Independent News Outlet

The arrest was the latest step in a crackdown on press freedom over the past six years.

Egypt raids one of its last independent news publications, and detains some of its journalists
🎥LordyLordy19🎥

China’s Internment Camps
A secret document reflects leaders’ struggle to manage sites swelling with Muslim detainees.

Sec. Esper has proposed Kenneth Braithwaite be considered as the next SecDef.

US sent ‘blunt’ letter to Canada criticizing defence spending
NEW: How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election

cbsnews.com/news/russian-h…
Giuliani associate wants to testify that Nunes aides hid Ukraine meetings on Biden dirt from Schiff

cnbc.com/2019/11/24/giu…
60 minutes Vid
Re How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election
House Intelligence Committee in possession of video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas

abcnews.go.com/Politics/house…
Before Campaigning for Trump, Manafort Plotted to Rig Ukraine Telecoms Deal, Leaked Emails Show

occrp.org/en/investigati…
Lev Parnas, Indicted Giuliani associate worked on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
A confidential WH review of Trump’s decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine has turned up hundreds of docs that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal

washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
After meeting Trump & Erdogan in the WH, Lindsey Graham hurried back to the Senate floor and did something that likely delighted Erdoğan.

Graham blocked a resolution that would have formally recognized Turkey's genocide of the Armenian people.

axios.com/white-house-li…
'Democratic tsunami': Hong Kong pro-democracy camp dominates local elections

Pro-democracy candidates win majority of seats in local elections in Hong Kong.

cbc.ca/news/world/hon…
Re Convicted war criminal Gallagher pardoned by Trump

This is what Gallagher did:

Stabbed a defenseless teenage captive to death. Picked off a school-age girl and an old man from a sniper’s roost. Indiscriminately sprayed neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire.

nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/…
Devin Nunes Spent $57,000 on Flights to Europe to Allegedly Investigate Bidens as Ethics Complaint Filed Over 'Abuse' of Office

newsweek.com/devin-nunes-sp…
FBI Readies Plan to Interview Prince Andrew, as Unedited Version of That Photo Emerges

thedailybeast.com/fbi-readies-pl…
Lev Parnas Said He Assisted Barr’s ‘Investigation’ Of Russia Probe

nationalmemo.com/lev-parnas-sai…
Likud Rival Slams Netanyahu and Calls for Primary to ‘Save the Country’

The demand by Gideon Saar, a popular ex-minister, was the first crack in the party’s solidarity and signaled what could be a bitter internecine fight.

nytimes.com/2019/11/23/wor…
Prince Andrew's charity office booted out of Buckingham Palace

cbsnews.com/news/prince-an…
In a statement, Amazon repeated its claims that “unmistakable bias” and “political influence” tainted the decision-making process. Trump has repeatedly criticized Amazon, whose founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.

washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat

forbes.com/sites/trevorna…
LVMH Nears Deal to Acquire Tiffany for $16.3 Billion
The boards of the two luxury companies are meeting Sunday to approve the deal, with an announcement set for Monday

wsj.com/articles/lvmh-…
Hill’s argument also carried an implicit rebuke of all the high-level political appointees who have spurned subpoenas to testify and hand over documents, including her former boss John Bolton, SOS Michael Pompeo and Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
HUBZone: Outdated poverty data funneled millions to wealthy D.C. neighborhoods, while more economically distressed communities received only a sliver of the benefits exacerbating inequities.

washingtonpost.com/local/outdated…
How a Facebook Employee Helped Trump Win—But Switched Sides for 2020

Trump campaign demanded credit/use of credit card.

Parscale texted Barnes to say Trump would go on TV and “say Facebook was being unfair to him” if the issue wasn’t resolved quickly.

wsj.com/articles/how-f…
U.S. sent ‘blunt’ letter to Canada criticizing defence spending: sources

globalnews.ca/news/6210623/c…
🌳Breathe🌳

Significant news dumps all weekend—it’s gets worse for TeamTrump every hour & just think we have only seen glimpses of looming #TurkeyGate & so much stemming from #RussiaSaudiChinaIsrealGate & 2016 election, RNC, transition & inauguration.

Buckle up, tomorrow: epic
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