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SCOOP: Subpoenas issued for information Parnas and Fruman indicate a broad federal investigation into possible money laundering, obstruction, and campaign-finance violations and suggest prosecutors are looking closely at Giuliani's consulting firm.
#Maddow on.wsj.com/2KUcIyD
Subpoenas listed a half dozen+ potential charges under consideration by SDNY:
-obstruction
-money laundering
-conspiracy to defraud the US
-making false statements to the federal govt
-FARA violations
-campaign finance violations
-mail fraud and wire fraud
MORE: Investigators scrutinize Giuliani’s firm and donations to a Trump super PAC.

There's also interest in interactions with 3 key figures in Giuliani’s hunt for Biden dirt: ex Ukrainian President Poroshenko and ex prosecutors Lutsenko & Shokin.
#Maddow wapo.st/2DiEdO0
The feds are examining a raft of potential crimes, including:
-destruction/alteration of documents
-aiding & abetting federal crimes
-foreign nationals donating to US candidates
...indicating prosecutors are casting a wide net as they examine the Giuliani.
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Polly Sigh
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In Feb, 2 months after Parnas set up Europe meetings for Nunes and 3 aides, another Nunes aide, Patel, joined the NSC and then got involved in Ukraine matters in Apr – right after Pompeo called Nunes and Rudy gave the WH a Ukraine propaganda packet which Patel passed to Trump.
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Polly Sigh
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SCOOP: As Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian officials.
by @benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld nyti.ms/2XUgHQR
@benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld A federal criminal investigation into Giuliani is examining whether he sought to make money in Ukraine while running a campaign to oust Amb Yovanovitch––if he was doing the bidding of Ukrainians who wanted Yovanovitch removed for their own reasons.
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@benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld One proposal, weeks after Giuliani met with then Ukrainian prosecutor Lutsenko and discussed the Bidens and Burisma, said Lutsenko would pay $200K to retain Giuliani and Trump allies diGenova and Toensing 'to advise on Ukrainian claims for asset recovery.'
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Polly Sigh
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BREAKING: Trump knew about the whistle-blower complaint when he released the aid to Ukraine in September. Of course he did!

White House lawyers told Trump about the complaint in late August.
#Maddow nyti.ms/2XPZgkx
White House counsel office lawyers briefed Trump in *late August* about the whistleblower complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine if they were legally required to give the complaint to Congress.
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Trump learns of the whistleblower complaint in Aug but only releases the aid after Congress hears about it on ~Sep 9.

Sep 9: Plans are in motion for Zelensky to give the Trump-ordered interview.

Sep 11: Trump releases the aid; Zelensky cancels interview.
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This #SundayMorning we're taking a closer look at those involved in the Ukraine scandal.

Which of the major players among the Trump administration & the GOP will face charges or further inquiries? How deep does this rabbit hole of corruption go?

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(2) Let's start with the 3 amigos: Perry, Volker & Sondland. Sondland committed perjury but then "revised" his statements.

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Legal storm clouds gather over Rudy Giuliani, America's tarnished mayor
Analysts say an indictment is likely as prosecutors focus on Giuliani’s work for Trump and himself in Ukraine
When the former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani emerged as one of Donald Trump’s most bareknuckle defenders during the Russia investigation, attacking his former colleagues in the justice department, people asked: “What happened to Rudy?”
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Subpoenas indicate a broad federal investigation into possible money laundering, obstruction of justice and campaign-finance violations and show that prosecutors are probing Mr. Giuliani’s consulting businesses and other sources of income. 1/8 tinyurl.com/utrsayp
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Sondland: Followed Trump’s Orders to Pressure Ukraine

“The Trump adm knew what we were doing & why.”

“Everyone was in the loop.

It was no secret."

He implicates Pompeo & John Bolton by saying they were fully aware in real time of what he & others did re UKR.
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'I'm the best-paid interpreter in the world': Indicted Giuliani associate Lev #Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch [Dmitry Firstash, on the run from U.S. authorities]"
"Earlier this yr, Lev Parnas...received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch who is fighting extradition to the United States and is suspected of having ties to the Russian mob, according to four sources who spoke with Parnas."
"This summer, Parnas told potential business associates that his company began receiving payments from the oligarch, Dmytro Firtash, who is living in Austria while fighting bribery charges in the US..."
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Kurt Eichenwald
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1. Everyone has some area of expertise. Mine is in corporate crime. I reported about it for 20 years at NY Times, wrote all or parts of 4 books about it, give lectures at biz schools and major corporations about it.

Which leads us to the Michael Cohen sentencing memo....
2...many are ranting with little understanding of corporate crime, the law and the implications. They are mixing up one payment with another - or many others. They don't understand the magnitude of what is going on here. And that is because it is not their area of expertise...
3...so, let's discuss this so that everyone can understand what the memo says happened, because it is jaw dropping.

There are two payments at issue here - one of which for $460,000 was broken up into 12 payments. Let's call them P1 and P2, recognizing that P2 was broken up....
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