PARNAS on Trump: "He knew exactly who we were. He knew exactly who I was especially ... I was with Rudy 4 or 5 days out of the week. I was in constant contact with him. I was with him when he would speak to the president."
PARNAS tells @maddow that he on multiple occasions could hear what Trump was saying to Rudy on the phone, even when he wasn't on speaker phone -- backing up the account David Holmes gave to impeachment investigators.
PARNAS says Giuliani vouched for him on calls with Ukrainian officials, affirming that Parnas was working for Trump.
PARNAS says Pence did not attend Zelensky's inauguration because the new Ukrainian president hadn't announced a Biden investigation.
PARNAS says Pence was tasked with getting Zelensky to announce invsetigations of Joe Biden.
He says withholding military aid was Trump's idea to drive up the pressure on Zelensky.
He says withholding military aid was Trump's idea to drive up the pressure on Zelensky.
PARNAS says there was "no other motivation" to remove Yovanovitch except to get her out of the way of pressuring Ukraine to launch a Biden investigation.
PARNAS says he said up Skype interviews with Ukrainian prosecutors for a top Nunes staffer who was aiding the effort to press for the Biden investigation.
PARNAS says he wants to apologize to Marie Yovanovitch.
It's unclear if the House can make use of this Parnas interview in the Senate trial arguments, since it's not part of the record transmitted to the Senate by the time articles were sent over today.
But they can certainly use it to make the case for witnesses and documents.
But they can certainly use it to make the case for witnesses and documents.
