"Dmitry Firtash having Lev Parnas on his payroll indicates that Parnas is very much in the pocket of Russian organized crime. His interviews only tell us what we already knew; the Russian mafia pulled off a coup in 2016." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/republic…
"With guys like Parnas, who come from organized crime, you always have to challenge what they say. They play both sides. They try to fool you into thinking you can negotiate with them. Deripaska did that for years too." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation
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"You can never negotiate with the Russian mafia. They are ruthless; that's how they win. They keep out-playing the good guys because the good guys think people are rational players who act in their own self-interest." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/republic…
"It's notable that Parnas, who has been involved in these schemes for years, is only coming forward now. He'll come forward in a time of entrenched elite criminal impunity because he knows almost no one is actually punished." -- @gaslitnation
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"The Trump team covers up crime with scandal. But if that's not possible, they'll try to cover up an enormous crime with a smaller crime. That's what Lev Parnas was doing in his television interviews." -- @gaslitnation
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"Unfortunately the way the Democrats structured impeachment, with a narrow focus on a recent crime, helps mobsters like Parnas, because their limited scope obscures the bigger picture of this broader criminal network." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/republic…
