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TheBlackAdder

(28,208 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:17 AM Jan 2020

Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme

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Rudy Giuliani delivered a letter in late 2018 to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling for sanctions on Ukrainian government officials, including a corruption reformer and another who ran the company whose board Hunter Biden served on.

The attorney for indicted Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas showed the letter to The Daily Beast, which reported the document described the Ukrainian politicians and business leaders as an “organized crime syndicate” — and misspelled the GOP senator’s name as “Lingsey.”

Attorney Joseph Bondy told the website that Giuliani also showed Parnas a similar letter sent to Sigal Mandelker, then a top official at the U.S. Treasury Department, which enforces foreign sanctions.

“It concerns me, as should any fellow American, that a taxpayer’s money is rudely been stolen in Ukraine [sic],” that letter reads.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/lev-parnas-lawyer-ties-lindsey-graham-to-corrupt-ukraine-scheme/



Every day, some other shoe drops.

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Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 OP
RICO Act bdamomma Jan 2020 #1
Been saying that for about three years... 2naSalit Jan 2020 #4
Mobsters, one and all. ffr Jan 2020 #8
RICO can be initiated by a private party not just government MoonlitKnight Jan 2020 #15
Agreed, throw the bastards out AFTER stripping them of all the ill gotten assets. usaf-vet Jan 2020 #17
and RICO means all assets can be seized not_the_one Jan 2020 #18
"Showed a letter"? ScratchCat Jan 2020 #2
Bondy and Parnas are going to quietly haunt Trump and fellow clowns. Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #3
Bondy bdamomma Jan 2020 #5
Yes, I saw that. I have never seen anyone stare at another that long. Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #6
yes it is bdamomma Jan 2020 #7
Great so now we have Parnas supporting that Ukraine was corrupt? jmg257 Jan 2020 #9
If you believe their talking points. gab13by13 Jan 2020 #10
Ah I see what ur saying - Lindsey is aware of what is going on is THE point. I do not jmg257 Jan 2020 #13
Rudy has NO authority not_the_one Jan 2020 #20
Ukraine has been notorious for corruption, primarily by interfering Russians, Texin Jan 2020 #11
Exactly. And since Putin's success with his Russian model he Enoki33 Jan 2020 #21
Yes Timmygoat Jan 2020 #12
follow the money bdamomma Jan 2020 #19
Republican whores are so easily bought not_the_one Jan 2020 #22
Kick dalton99a Jan 2020 #14
Annnnnnd.... volstork Jan 2020 #16
Kick - more info Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #23

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
4. Been saying that for about three years...
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:02 AM
Jan 2020

so has Malcolm Nance. He must be really busy right now, I haven't seen him in the media for a while.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
8. Mobsters, one and all.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:08 PM
Jan 2020

This is today's rePutican party, racketeers and thugs out for blood and money.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
15. RICO can be initiated by a private party not just government
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:40 PM
Jan 2020

So the parties to the emoluments suit should consider a RICO suit for the corruption because they have standing.

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
17. Agreed, throw the bastards out AFTER stripping them of all the ill gotten assets.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:43 PM
Jan 2020

Leave them broke and desolate just like they do to the poorest amongst us.

Wouldn't you love to see tRump sleeping on the sidewalk outside a former tRump tower?

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
18. and RICO means all assets can be seized
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:44 PM
Jan 2020

Use RICO on the turd and make sure he (and spawn) dies penniless, in jail.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
2. "Showed a letter"?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:25 AM
Jan 2020

That's it? Then "showed the letter" to Mandelker at the Treasury Department?

I think we are getting bamboozled here.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. Bondy and Parnas are going to quietly haunt Trump and fellow clowns.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jan 2020

Even if Parnas can't sit in the gallery, he will be there in spirit.

Bondy made me nervous when he stared at Rachel, but I'd love to see him do the same with Trump and even McConnell. Both would slither into piles of sweat and tears. We've earned the right to see that.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
5. Bondy
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:05 AM
Jan 2020

was seen on the panel last week with Rachel he was sitting next to her. May be he finds her fascinating.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
6. Yes, I saw that. I have never seen anyone stare at another that long.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:10 AM
Jan 2020

You may be right, but it is a lost cause unless he's learning how to interview others.

He actually seems to be a gentle soul. His moves are certainly unusual in how he is keeping Parnas in the public eye. LEVitation.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
7. yes it is
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:12 AM
Jan 2020

a lost cause, but it was funny how he was mesmerized by her. But she is so thorough with her questioning.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
9. Great so now we have Parnas supporting that Ukraine was corrupt?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:14 PM
Jan 2020

That sort of supports trump, no?

On Edit: i.e. Describing Ukraine leaders AND BUSINESSMEN as syndicate doe not help! That is part of their defense!

gab13by13

(21,359 posts)
10. If you believe their talking points.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:24 PM
Jan 2020

What authority did Giuliani have to investigate Ukraine? This doesn't in the least support Trump, it shows how rogue Rudy was.

I'm more interested if reporters will ask Lindsey about the letter?

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
13. Ah I see what ur saying - Lindsey is aware of what is going on is THE point. I do not
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jan 2020

know what authority Guiliani had - clearly none other then from trump.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
20. Rudy has NO authority
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jan 2020

He is not a member of the US government.

He is the turd's personal henchman. That gives him NO governmental authority.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
11. Ukraine has been notorious for corruption, primarily by interfering Russians,
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:25 PM
Jan 2020

most of whom are oligarchs who have state-sponsored backing (i.e., those whom are Putin-backed). All Russian oligarchs - including Deripaska, whom Parnas-Fruman were working for/or funded by - are essentially made men. They are high tone mobsters, and Putin gets cuts from their profiteering (including percentages of their businesses). This has been going on since the bust-up of the Soviet Union, with Putin riding the cresting tide until he could gain a powerful foothold of leadership and then consolidated his power to run the new *empire*. As Pelosi said, "all roads lead to Putin", and she wasn't just referring to his hold on tRump. None of these people are autonomous actors.

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)
21. Exactly. And since Putin's success with his Russian model he
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:53 PM
Jan 2020

has been emboldened to try to go global. The ultimate aim is no less than the strategic control of the means of wealth. Politics is the tool inseparable from his mob oligarchs.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
12. Yes
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:30 PM
Jan 2020

I was just reading that Lindsay Graham's and a couple more republicans had their fundraising increased by large payouts from
Trump's supporters.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
19. follow the money
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:44 PM
Jan 2020

as they say. It's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
22. Republican whores are so easily bought
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:03 PM
Jan 2020

Add to that Vlad's kompromat, and you have willfully treasonous republican senators (or ALL republican politicians... like NUNES!!!).

Vlad must have tons on Leningrad Lindsey.

(I have recently used "whore" in several of my posts, which does make me uncomfortable. But the word fits. I mean no disrespect to any sex workers, male or female. I think they may fall under "prostitutes"? Whore has always been pejorative, and can be applied to either sex. Although "prostitute" is certainly no glowing term of affection... , it does denote a needed service with a monetary reward. Treason doesn't fall into that category...)

YMMV

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
23. Kick - more info
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jan 2020


Adam Parkhomenko ✔@AdamParkhomenko

7. Reporter to Lev Parnas: “should Lindsey Graham be worried?”

Lev Parnas: we are going to talk about that in a little bit


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Adam Parkhomenko ✔@AdamParkhomenko

8. Lev Parnas plans to make news on Lindsey Graham today. Lindsey Graham was in the loop and they will discuss it more later today. I had not heard Lindsey Graham mentioned until today.

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11:59 AM - Jan 29, 2020


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