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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew recording shows access Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had to Trump at Mar-a-Lago donor event
Breaking via WaPo: Ten days before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman dined with Trump at his Washington hotel, they were part of a small group of Republican Party donors who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, a new recording shows.
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New recording shows access Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had to Trump at Mar-a-Lago donor event
By
Josh Dawsey and
Rosalind S. Helderman
Jan. 30, 2020 at 2:09 p.m. EST
Ten days before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman dined with President Trump at his Washington hotel, they were part of a small group of Republican Party donors who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, a new recording shows.
The two men who later assisted Rudolph W. Giulianis efforts in Ukraine were part of a gathering held in an ornate room of the property and also attended by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, according to the video and people in attendance.
While it was known that Fruman and Parnas had attended an event at Mar-a-Lago, the focus of the event, the timing and who else was in attendance had not been made public.
The April 2018 meeting came days before the two men took part in a donor dinner with the president at his Washington hotel, an encounter captured on a video released last week by Parnass attorney.
During that dinner, Parnas told the president that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was agitating against him, prompting Trump to abruptly call for her firing.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-recording-shows-access-lev-parnas-and-igor-fruman-had-to-trump-at-mar-a-lago-donor-event/2020/01/30/a11cb354-437e-11ea-abff-5ab1ba98b405_story.html
By
Josh Dawsey and
Rosalind S. Helderman
Jan. 30, 2020 at 2:09 p.m. EST
Ten days before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman dined with President Trump at his Washington hotel, they were part of a small group of Republican Party donors who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, a new recording shows.
The two men who later assisted Rudolph W. Giulianis efforts in Ukraine were part of a gathering held in an ornate room of the property and also attended by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, according to the video and people in attendance.
While it was known that Fruman and Parnas had attended an event at Mar-a-Lago, the focus of the event, the timing and who else was in attendance had not been made public.
The April 2018 meeting came days before the two men took part in a donor dinner with the president at his Washington hotel, an encounter captured on a video released last week by Parnass attorney.
During that dinner, Parnas told the president that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was agitating against him, prompting Trump to abruptly call for her firing.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-recording-shows-access-lev-parnas-and-igor-fruman-had-to-trump-at-mar-a-lago-donor-event/2020/01/30/a11cb354-437e-11ea-abff-5ab1ba98b405_story.html
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New recording shows access Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had to Trump at Mar-a-Lago donor event (Original Post)
MelissaB
Jan 2020
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MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. ... snip
Also in attendance: then-Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, who has been subpoenaed as part of the ongoing criminal investigation, and Brian Ballard, a Florida lobbyist who is close with Trump.
Ballard and Sessions declined to comment.
In the recording, which lasts about 37 minutes, Trump talked about his poll numbers and asked Sessions and McDaniel to provide the group with an update on Republican efforts to win the 2018 midterm elections. Sessions had previously been head of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Ballard and Sessions declined to comment.
In the recording, which lasts about 37 minutes, Trump talked about his poll numbers and asked Sessions and McDaniel to provide the group with an update on Republican efforts to win the 2018 midterm elections. Sessions had previously been head of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)2. Drip Drip Drip
After the Republicans take their votes in the Senate trial, there will continue to be damning information coming out. But now that they have given their blessing to the notion that "The President can do anything he wants", will they be able to shove that toothpaste back into the tube?
underpants
(182,603 posts)3. Neeeeever heard of him
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)4. K&R, these recordings are threats to Trump ... Parnas has MULTIPLE recordings of his homies and
... has been shown to use them