Jan 16th 2020,
18 tweets,
19 min read
BREAKING: Lev Parnas to @maddow:
“President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani, or the president."
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“President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani, or the president."
msnbc.com/the-beat-with-…
MORE: Lev Parnas to @maddow:
“Why would President Zelensky’s inner circle, Minister Avakov, or President Poroshenko meet with me? Who am I? They were told to meet with me. That's the secret they're trying to keep. I was on the ground doing their work.”
“Why would President Zelensky’s inner circle, Minister Avakov, or President Poroshenko meet with me? Who am I? They were told to meet with me. That's the secret they're trying to keep. I was on the ground doing their work.”
.@maddow: “[Trump] has said about you and Mr. Fruman, 'I don't know those gentlemen, I don't know about them, I don't know what they do.' You're saying that's not a true statement from the president?”
Lev Parnas: “He lied.”
@josephabondy @MaddowBlog
Lev Parnas: “He lied.”
@josephabondy @MaddowBlog
Parnas: "... but it was never about corruption, it was strictly about Burisma, which included Hunter Biden and Joe Biden."
Burisma, which Russian military Intelligence began hacking in early November.
Burisma, which Russian military Intelligence began hacking in early November.
PARNAS told @Maddow that Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, vouched for him on calls with Ukrainian officials, confirming to the officials that Parnas was working for Trump.
Parnas tells #Maddow that VP Pence "couldn't have not known" about Trump and Giuliani's Ukraine pressure campaign.
Maddow: Was Pence aware of quid pro quo?
Parnas: “Everyone was in the loop.”
Maddow: Was Pence aware of quid pro quo?
Parnas: “Everyone was in the loop.”
Parnas to #Maddow: Trump didn’t cancel his trip to meet Zelensky because of the hurricane but because he was mad Zelensky hadn't announced the investigations and Bolton witnessed this. Pence was tasked with getting to Zelensky to make the announcement.
Parnas tells #Maddow that the incident involving Robert Hyde being removed the a Trump property when Hyde accused Secret Service of monitoring him, etc... had something to do with VP Pence's brother, Greg Pence...?!!
Regarding the Toensing-diGenova-Giuliani scheme to enlist the help of mobbed-up Ukrainian oligarch Firtash in smearing Biden in exchange for help in dropping the Firtash-DOJ case, Parnas tells #Maddow that “Attorney General Barr was basically on the team.”
After taking on Firtash’s case in July, Toensing and diGenova secured a rare face-to-face meeting with AG Barr and other DOJ officials to argue the charges against Firtash.
Toensing's son Brady joined the DOJ in June.
#Maddow
Toensing's son Brady joined the DOJ in June.
#Maddow
Parnas tells #Maddow that he and Devin Nunes met several times and that their relationship expanded when he [Parnas] was introduced to Nunes's aide, Derek Harvey. Nunes gave Parnas Derek Harvey to deal with, because Nunes was under ethics investigation.
Parnas: “Devin Nunes knows who I am. I was in shock when I watched the hearings and Nunes was sitting up there with Derek Harvey behind him. I couldn't believe it.”
#Maddow: “Because?”
Parnas: “Because they were involved in getting this stuff on Biden.”
#Maddow: “Because?”
Parnas: “Because they were involved in getting this stuff on Biden.”
Parnas: “[Nunes aide] Derek Harvey had several Skype interviews I set up for him with various [Ukrainian] prosecutors who said all this Biden stuff... Nunes was sitting up there making all these statements when he knew exactly what was going on.”
#Maddow
#Maddow
Newly released text messages corroborate Parnas’s claims that he set up Skype meetings for Nunes aide Derek Harvey with Ukrainian prosecutors, proving that Nunes' office knew of Trump and Giuliani's plot to manufacture "dirt" from Ukraine on Biden.
#Maddow wapo.st/36aIE9W
#Maddow wapo.st/36aIE9W
The texts show that Parnas was working last spring to set up calls for top Nunes aide Derek Harvey with the Ukrainian prosecutors who were feeding Giuliani propaganda about Biden –– and that Harvey met with Parnas and Giuliani at Trump's DC hotel.
#Maddow
#Maddow
