(Thread) Devin Nunes
I'm reading the House Intelligence Report, and my head is exploding.
intelligence.house.gov/report/
Question: What the heck was happening on April 12, 2019?
Here's a record of the phone calls ⤵️ (Click to expand)
I'm reading the House Intelligence Report, and my head is exploding.
intelligence.house.gov/report/
Question: What the heck was happening on April 12, 2019?
Here's a record of the phone calls ⤵️ (Click to expand)
1/ Who's who on this call list:
💠Lev Parnas, indicted buddy of Giuliani
💠Giuliani
💠Jay Sekulow, another of Trump's lawyers nytimes.com/2019/12/01/us/…
💠John Solomon, author of the Mar 20 hit piece against Marie Yovanovitch that ran on March 20
💠The Office of Budget Management
💠Lev Parnas, indicted buddy of Giuliani
💠Giuliani
💠Jay Sekulow, another of Trump's lawyers nytimes.com/2019/12/01/us/…
💠John Solomon, author of the Mar 20 hit piece against Marie Yovanovitch that ran on March 20
💠The Office of Budget Management
2/ Also:
💠Victoria Tsoensing, a lawyer, and Giuliani's buddy, who also happens to represent Firtash, Ukrainian oligarch and former Paul Manafort business partner, who's facing extradition to the US on corruption charges.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The plot thickens.
💠Victoria Tsoensing, a lawyer, and Giuliani's buddy, who also happens to represent Firtash, Ukrainian oligarch and former Paul Manafort business partner, who's facing extradition to the US on corruption charges.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The plot thickens.
3/ For context, some items from my timeline (which I am currently updating in real time)
impeachment-trump.com
The smear campaign against Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was in full swing.
On March 20, John Solomon published his hit piece against her in the Hill.
impeachment-trump.com
The smear campaign against Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was in full swing.
On March 20, John Solomon published his hit piece against her in the Hill.
4/ On March 26: Pompeo had one of several phone calls with Giuliani (staff members set up the phone calls and confirmed that they took place). One phone call was set up by Madeleine Westerhout, who was White House Director of Oval Office operations.
5/ March 29 and April 1: Devin Nunes and Giuliani were both scheduled to talk with Pompeo.
April 25: in an interview with Fox News, Trump called Lutsenko’s claims about Yovanovitch “big” and “incredible” and said he imagined that the Attorney General “would want to see this.”
April 25: in an interview with Fox News, Trump called Lutsenko’s claims about Yovanovitch “big” and “incredible” and said he imagined that the Attorney General “would want to see this.”
6/ Parnas' attorney, Bondy, said: "Devin Nunes was definitely part of an attempt to gather information about the Bidens. He was definitely involved in Ukraine. 🔥
Nunes was part of the conspiracy he was supposed to be investigating.
Nunes was part of the conspiracy he was supposed to be investigating.
7/ In a bit of dramatic irony, Nunes' name appears first on the Republican report defending Trump and attacking the House inquiry into what me might call Operation Ukraine Shakedown.
republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
8/ The Intelligence Committee mentioned that the witness intimidation—which includes the smearing of Yovanovitch— is a felony with up to 20 years in prison.
It appears Nunes was part of a felony conspiracy
(in addition to the fact that Nunes was investigating his own crime!)
It appears Nunes was part of a felony conspiracy
(in addition to the fact that Nunes was investigating his own crime!)
9/ The intelligence committee report directly implicates Mulvaney, Pompeo, and Perry, saying that Operations Ukraine Shakedown happened with their “knowledge and approval”
Approval?? That's🔥
Approval?? That's🔥
10/ I will take a break from the #ImpeachmentReport to agree with this comment.
I've argued that MAGA means take America back to the time when white men could do as they pleased.
(Sorry to long-time followers who have heard this before)
I've argued that MAGA means take America back to the time when white men could do as they pleased.
(Sorry to long-time followers who have heard this before)
11/ The conspiracy was an attack on American diplomats, institutions, and law enforcement.
Trump's entire presidency has been an attempt to dismantle the laws and regulations that prevent him and his buddies from doing whatever they want.
Trump's entire presidency has been an attempt to dismantle the laws and regulations that prevent him and his buddies from doing whatever they want.
12/ If you look at Trump's history, how he got rich— and even "when you're a star,they let you do it"—it all makes sense.
He wants to dismantle the apparatus that constrains him.
Before the closing of the frontier, people who didn't want to live by rules had a place to go.
He wants to dismantle the apparatus that constrains him.
Before the closing of the frontier, people who didn't want to live by rules had a place to go.
13/ On the frontier, they could grab land. They could grab women.
Now we have regulatory agencies and regulations.
When Trump said, "All our law are stupid and corrupt," he meant the laws that prevent him from doing whatever he wants. mlive.com/news/erry-2018…
Now we have regulatory agencies and regulations.
When Trump said, "All our law are stupid and corrupt," he meant the laws that prevent him from doing whatever he wants. mlive.com/news/erry-2018…
14/ There were always (male) progressives who disapproved of the lawlessness, who believed in rights for women, who deplored the slaughtering of the native people, etc.⤵️
As I was reading the report, I thought, "Did they think they'd get away with this?
As I was reading the report, I thought, "Did they think they'd get away with this?
15/ The answer, I think, is they believe they SHOULD be able to get away with it.
They think they should be able grab land, women, anything they want.
They resent what they see as restrictions on their liberty.
This is from Page 1 of the report⤵️
They think it should be okay.
They think they should be able grab land, women, anything they want.
They resent what they see as restrictions on their liberty.
This is from Page 1 of the report⤵️
They think it should be okay.
Here's one thing they weren't talking about on April 12.
Actually, we know exactly what they were talking about.
How?
Circumstantial evidence.
Lots of it.
Actually, we know exactly what they were talking about.
How?
Circumstantial evidence.
Lots of it.
