The Parnas doc dump included this letter from Giuliani to Zelensky.
Nothing new here. Just another smoking gun.
First Giuliani makes noise about how it’s perfectly legal for the president’s private lawyer, on behalf of the president, to ask a foreign leader for a favor.
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Nothing new here. Just another smoking gun.
First Giuliani makes noise about how it’s perfectly legal for the president’s private lawyer, on behalf of the president, to ask a foreign leader for a favor.
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1/ Hint: It isn't
Trump and Giuliani are using the levers of government for their personal benefit.
This is what happens in what Hungarian scholar Balint Magyar calls mafia states—his name for the autocracies springing up in the former Soviet Union.
politicalscience.ceu.edu/events/2016-11…
Trump and Giuliani are using the levers of government for their personal benefit.
This is what happens in what Hungarian scholar Balint Magyar calls mafia states—his name for the autocracies springing up in the former Soviet Union.
politicalscience.ceu.edu/events/2016-11…
All along Giuliani has been open about the fact that, as Trump’s “private lawyer” he was in Ukraine to “vindicate” his personal client.
On Oct. 1, he said this👇
He argued that he had the right, as Trump’s lawyer, to look out for Trump’s personal interests.
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On Oct. 1, he said this👇
He argued that he had the right, as Trump’s lawyer, to look out for Trump’s personal interests.
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Jennifer Rubin nailed it when she said that Trump and Giuliani “cannot grasp that there is a difference” between conducting U.S. foreign policy for national security reasons and conducting foreign policy to benefit Trump personally.
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This is exactly how mafia states are run
Mafia states — like Putin’s Russia —are run for the personal benefit of the ruler.
According to Magyar, Mafia states develop as the government takes over businesses. . .
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Mafia states — like Putin’s Russia —are run for the personal benefit of the ruler.
According to Magyar, Mafia states develop as the government takes over businesses. . .
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As the ruler consolidates power and wealth, both wealth and power come to be concentrated in one person.
Eventually, the entire state comes under the control of the head of the family and expands across the entire country.
IOW, the ruler ends up owning the country.
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Eventually, the entire state comes under the control of the head of the family and expands across the entire country.
IOW, the ruler ends up owning the country.
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When this happens, the ruler’s personal interests and the interests of the nation become meshed into one.
In asking Zelensky to conduct an investigation that would benefit Trump personally, Giuliani and Trump behaved as if the government was at their personal disposal.
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In asking Zelensky to conduct an investigation that would benefit Trump personally, Giuliani and Trump behaved as if the government was at their personal disposal.
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In this letter, Giuliani blurs the distinction between Trump the private citizen and Trump the president.
Absurd to think a letter like this would be taken seriously from Joe Nobody.
Zelensky is made to understand it is the US president making a personal request.
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Absurd to think a letter like this would be taken seriously from Joe Nobody.
Zelensky is made to understand it is the US president making a personal request.
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What this letter does is make explicit what has been going on.
The Senate will soon answer the question:
Are they okay with Trump pulling the levers of government for his own personal benefit?
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The Senate will soon answer the question:
Are they okay with Trump pulling the levers of government for his own personal benefit?
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The fact that Giuliani, Parnas, and pals were also in Ukraine to enrich themselves personally by expanding their "business" interests there is more mafia state behavior.
Mafia rulers enrich themselves and empower themselves and treat the country like their personal estate.
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Mafia rulers enrich themselves and empower themselves and treat the country like their personal estate.
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The "mafia" part of "mafia state" is to be taken literally.
This is from my earlier thread about the Yovanovitch matter.
With evidence this explicit, a vote to acquit means that the Senators are fine with this kind of corruption.
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This is from my earlier thread about the Yovanovitch matter.
With evidence this explicit, a vote to acquit means that the Senators are fine with this kind of corruption.
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With evidence this explicit, a vote to acquit means that the Senator is fine with Trump and pals turning the United States into a mafia state.
The Senators will show their true colors.
Then, in November, voters will decide how they feel about all of this.
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The Senators will show their true colors.
Then, in November, voters will decide how they feel about all of this.
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Rudy was looking for evidence to vindicate Trump from the Mueller probe. This included vindicating Russia by looking for "evidence" that Ukraine attacked our election in 2016 on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
I just updated my timeline with Giuliani's letter. I highlighted the letter in gold so you can find it easily.
impeachment-trump.com
You can see that a lot was happening on and around May 10.
impeachment-trump.com
You can see that a lot was happening on and around May 10.
May 6: The State Department announced that #MarieYovanovitch would be ending her assignment in Kyiv “as planned.”
Shortly afterward she told she had to return “immediately” on the next plane for her “security.”
Shortly afterward she told she had to return “immediately” on the next plane for her “security.”
May 9: The New York Times reported that Giuliani planned to travel to Ukraine to press the Ukrainian government to pursue investigations that would help Trump in his 2020 reelection bid. nytimes.com/2019/05/09/us/…
Clip from the article:
Clip from the article:
May 10: (The day the letter was dated) Trump said this in an interview in Politico👇
My, my. What a coincidence. (I typed that in the sarcasm font)
Because, you know, it wasn't clear what the "specific request" was. (More sarcasm)
My, my. What a coincidence. (I typed that in the sarcasm font)
Because, you know, it wasn't clear what the "specific request" was. (More sarcasm)
May 10: Initially Trump asked Pence to attend Zelenskyy’s inauguration.
May 13, without warning, Trump asked Pence not to go. Williams testified that neither Trump nor Pence attending would send concern Ukrainians that they didn’t have full US support. (Williams’ Deposition)
May 13, without warning, Trump asked Pence not to go. Williams testified that neither Trump nor Pence attending would send concern Ukrainians that they didn’t have full US support. (Williams’ Deposition)
On May 18, Giuliani sent this tweet (which was seen at the embassy in Ukraine, as per testimony in the impeachment matter.)
And the shakedown was on!!!
[insert dramatic music]
Remember, folks. It didn't work, thanks to brave heroes.
And the shakedown was on!!!
[insert dramatic music]
Remember, folks. It didn't work, thanks to brave heroes.
My threads are also blog posts.
Over the past 2 days, I did several threads analyzing the Parnas documents.
I gathered them all up into one blog post, here:
terikanefield-blog.com/parnas-doc-dum…
Over the past 2 days, I did several threads analyzing the Parnas documents.
I gathered them all up into one blog post, here:
terikanefield-blog.com/parnas-doc-dum…
