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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:10 AM Jan 2020

Lev Parnas directly implicates Lindsey Graham in Ukraine plot: 'He was in the loop'

An indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani says Sen. Lindsey Graham was “in the loop” in the scheme to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation into Joe Biden.

Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born businessman charged with campaign finance violations, told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” that Graham has a personal interest in keeping witness testimony out of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

“Sen. Lindsey Graham I haven’t had any contact with, but because of my relationship with Rudy Giuliani, I have a lot of information about his dealings,” Parnas said. “It was, like, surreal to watch Lindsey Graham up there, sit there — he’s out there talking about all the stuff, that this is a sham, that this should go away.”

“At the end of the day,” Parnas added, “he was in the loop just like everybody else. He (had) a very good relationship with Rudy Giuliani, he was aware of what was going on going back to at least 2018, maybe even earlier. If you recall, he was the one Rudy Giuliani was supposed to bring Victor Shokin to when the visa got denied, and I think he was even, if you check the records, involved in getting the request for the visa somehow.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/lev-parnas-directly-implicates-lindsey-graham-in-ukraine-plot-he-was-in-the-loop/

Just how involved is Mitch McConnell in this cover up? Did he know all about the "frame" of Joe Biden by Trump?

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Lev Parnas directly implicates Lindsey Graham in Ukraine plot: 'He was in the loop' (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2020 OP
It would seem Lev would have goods on how much and where safeinOhio Jan 2020 #1
I wonder if Lev knows Scarsdale Jan 2020 #5
No wonder the GOP is so afeared. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #2
+1 2naSalit Jan 2020 #4
MCTurtle is in it over his head 2naSalit Jan 2020 #3

safeinOhio

(32,633 posts)
1. It would seem Lev would have goods on how much and where
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:17 AM
Jan 2020

Russian money went. Could be saving it for the Senate election, I hope, would be like tossing an anchor to a drowning congress person.

Kid Berwyn

(14,790 posts)
2. No wonder the GOP is so afeared.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:30 AM
Jan 2020

Their secret service is getting exposed, with Nunes in the House...Lindsey in the Senate...all Guardians Of Putin.

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