Thread by @jedshug

Parnas thread.
He isn't trustworthy, so verify all claims against the record.
But Parnas might have another bombshell tonight on @AC360 @maddow:

@nytimes in Nov.:
Parnas said he delivered quid pro quo Biden-investigation-for-arms message last May.
nytimes.com/2019/11/10/nyr…

@AC360 @maddow @nytimes In May, "Parnas told a representative of the incoming government...it had to announce an investigation into @JoeBiden & his son or else @VP @Mike_Pence would not attend the swearing-in of the new president, and US would freeze aid, the lawyer said."

Can he document this?

@AC360 @maddow @nytimes @JoeBiden @VP @Mike_Pence 3/ Fruman and @RudyGiuliani deny this claim. Parnas has a document - Giuliani's May 10 letter to Zelenskiy - that is consistent with this timeline, but doesn't add the key details:

@AC360 @maddow @nytimes @JoeBiden @VP @Mike_Pence @RudyGiuliani 4/ Here's a text exchange linking Parnas to chief Trump fundraiser Joseph Ahearn to @DonaldJTrumpJr on March 20:

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1217570455973957639?s=20

@AC360 @maddow @nytimes @JoeBiden @VP @Mike_Pence @RudyGiuliani @DonaldJTrumpJr 5/ April 23 voicemail from Victoria Toensing:
@kyledcheney & @AndrewDesiderio explain the remarkable timing:
politico.com/news/2020/01/1…

@AC360 @maddow @nytimes @JoeBiden @VP @Mike_Pence @RudyGiuliani @DonaldJTrumpJr @kyledcheney @AndrewDesiderio 6/ Follow this thread on the effort by Giuliani and Toensing to get rid of Yovanovitch between Feb. and May, and their increasing frustration. It is plausible that this frustration could have led to a more direct and criminal harrassment conspiracy.

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1217576937981382657?s=20