Parnas to #Maddow on Bill Barr: If you look at Trump in 2017, he wasn't that powerful. He got more powerful when he got Barr. I'm more afraid of DOJ/Barr than these criminals –– they can lock you in a room and treat you like some animal...
Parnas to #Maddow: Rick Perry called Rudy Giuliani on his way to Zelensky’s inauguration in May and asked what message to convey. Rudy told him that Ukraine needed to announce an investigation into Joe Biden
Perry called Rudy after the inauguration and said Zelensky would do it.
Perry called Rudy after the inauguration and said Zelensky would do it.
Parnas: When I got a Congressional subpoena, Giuliani said to call John Dowd but he said he was conflicted [bc of Trump] and couldn't represent me.
Dowd called me back and said “you are one lucky dude.” Jay Sekulow got Trump to waive my conflict.
#Maddow
Dowd called me back and said “you are one lucky dude.” Jay Sekulow got Trump to waive my conflict.
#Maddow
Parnas: Dowd advised me not to cooperate with Congressional investigations and because I worked for Toensing & Giuliani, and Giuliani worked for the president, we had “3 way privilege,” and Pat Cipollone would write a letter to Congress re that. 🔥
#Maddow
#Maddow
Parnas: Trump ordered multiple people to fire Yovanovitch–even his assistant–to no avail.
@Maddow points out that the smear campaign against Yovanovitch was to tarnish her so others in the admin would finally carry out Trump's repeated orders to fire her.
@Maddow points out that the smear campaign against Yovanovitch was to tarnish her so others in the admin would finally carry out Trump's repeated orders to fire her.
