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NEW: Lev Parnas's comments to NYT last night seem to conflict with CNN's report in November that Trump put Parnas on a "secret mission" to dig up dirt on the Bidens. dailycaller.com/2020/01/16/lev…
Parnas told NYT yesterday that he did not talk directly to Trump about the Ukraine efforts, but that Giuliani said Trump was in the loop.

CNN reported on Nov. 16 that Parnas told associates he spoke w/ Trump at Hanukkah party in 2018, and was tasked with a "James Bond mission."
Notably, the CNN reporter on that story also did the story on Parnas's lawyer saying that Devin Nunes met with Viktor Shokin in Vienna. Nunes has sued CNN and says he never went to Vienna and never met Shokin.
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Quite a footnote from SDNY in Lev Parnas case blasting his lawyer, Joseph Bondy. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6667…
Bondy demanded to know in a subsequent filing when SDNY cracked Parnas's iPhone. He claims prosecutors delayed cracking the phone in order to thwart cooperation with HPSCI. (except gov't says that Parnas refused to give investigators his password, and so FBI had to crack it)
SDNY reaffirmed that phone was cracked on Dec. 3.
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The FBI lawyer who gave authorized disclosures to the media on behalf of Andy McCabe is now upset with Rod Rosenstein for approving disclosures to the media.
Rosenstein approved the release of text messages sent on FBI phones. The messages were related to their FBI work, and not their personal lives i.e. their affair.
Differences between McCabe and Rosenstein's disclosures: McCabe lied to FBI and DOJ about authorizing it, and didn't get approval from DOJ lawyers. Rosenstein seemingly didn't lie about approving, and did consult DOJ lawyers.
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I for one think it's great that Chuck Todd is going to shine a light on Chuck Todd's role in spreading disinformation about Trump-Russia collusion. apnews.com/4dc780dd84d744…
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Trump, Giuliani, Parnas, and Fruman had struck deal with Kyiv for political dirt in Feb 2019 with then-President Poroshenko. That all fell apart in Apr with the election of Zelensky, forcing Trump & Giuliani to launch a new bribery scheme.
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