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Preview For This Week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots
Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on Thursday against two men who have aided President Trump’s efforts to gather damaging information in Ukraine about his political opponents, a criminal case that signaled growing legal exposure for the president’s allies as Mr. Trump tries to blunt an impeachment inquiry in Congress.
The indictment of the two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, sketched a complex scheme to violate campaign finance laws and did not accuse Mr. Trump of wrongdoing. But it revealed new details about the push to pressure Ukraine: a campaign encouraged by Mr. Trump, led by his private lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani and assisted by obscure figures like Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman.
Mr. Trump continues to defend the effort, which is the focus of the impeachment inquiry that House Democrats opened last month. The new indictment, however, suggests the first criminal implications of the shadow foreign policy that Mr. Giuliani pushed on behalf of the president.
And it is another example of the extent to which the messy power dynamics of Ukraine — a former Soviet republic and close American ally with a recent history of political upheaval — now dominate discussions about Mr. Trump’s future. The impeachment inquiry began after a C.I.A. officer who has worked at the White House raised alarms about a July telephone call in which Mr. Trump seemed to suggest that American military aid was contingent on Ukraine’s help in unearthing information that could help Mr. Trump politically.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-arrested-giuliani.html
The indictment of the two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, sketched a complex scheme to violate campaign finance laws and did not accuse Mr. Trump of wrongdoing. But it revealed new details about the push to pressure Ukraine: a campaign encouraged by Mr. Trump, led by his private lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani and assisted by obscure figures like Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman.
Mr. Trump continues to defend the effort, which is the focus of the impeachment inquiry that House Democrats opened last month. The new indictment, however, suggests the first criminal implications of the shadow foreign policy that Mr. Giuliani pushed on behalf of the president.
And it is another example of the extent to which the messy power dynamics of Ukraine — a former Soviet republic and close American ally with a recent history of political upheaval — now dominate discussions about Mr. Trump’s future. The impeachment inquiry began after a C.I.A. officer who has worked at the White House raised alarms about a July telephone call in which Mr. Trump seemed to suggest that American military aid was contingent on Ukraine’s help in unearthing information that could help Mr. Trump politically.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-arrested-giuliani.html
I'm pretty sure that's live footage of Trump after he found out that news!
**audience laughs and applauds**
This week the Top 10 is all new live from Arizona State! Trump barfs his brain in Minneapolis and Louisiana, declares war on the Kurds because reasons, we discuss whether or not it's OK to support Hong Kong, Rudy Giuliani steps into a campaign finance scandal (shocker), and we discuss how the Tomahawk Chop is still a thing. We also debut our new segment "Unpopular Opinions" - should Ellen DeGeneres be allowed to hang out with George W Bush? We will take an unpopular opinion on this one! Plus in our weekly investigative piece - Top 10 Investigates - the city of Stockton, California is testing out a new free money incentive that gives residents an extra $500! See what they're doing with it and whether or not it will help! And in our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in "Holy Shit" - do Christian fundamentalists have a moral obligation to support the Dark One? After Ralph Reed's new book says yes, our resident pastor has prepared a counter argument! And we also have a new "I Need A Drink" in which we get drunk and discuss a fun new way to get drunk and a fun new way to enjoy sports! And in our 2020 voters' guide, "Keeping Up With The Candidates" we need to have a serious talk - after Bernie's shocking heart attack, what are the odds that he stays in the race? Plus we've got some live music from Fitz & The Tantrums!
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