Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme
Source: raw story
Published 3 hours ago on January 29, 2020
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.”
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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.
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The letter arrived a month before Giuliani tried to help former Ukrainian top prosecutor Viktor Shokin travel to the U.S. for a meeting with Graham, according to Bondy.
Several weeks earlier, President Donald Trump’s attorney sent a letter of his own to Graham asking his staff to help three unnamed Ukrainians obtain visas to visit the U.S. and share information about the Bidens........................................
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Lindsey Graham quickly scuttles press conference after being linked to Ukraine scheme
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/lindsey-graham-quickly-scuttles-press-conference-after-being-linked-to-ukraine-scheme/
Published 20 mins ago on January 29, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) did not appear at a Wednesday press conference after reports linked him to a highly-controversial Ukraine scheme.
According to The Daily Beast, President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, provided Graham with a letter lobbying for sanctions on Ukrainian officials. The letter was obtained through Giuliani associate Lev Parnas...................
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Ain't this rich of Mr. I don't want to hear anything bad about my friend. It makes sense now because he was also as corrupt as his friend. I hope this man and Bolton spills everything and more people protect. Why could congress not hire a special prosecutor to find and investigate and throw these corrupt people out on RICO charge? I am sick of them and hope more is exposed before the day is over and they resign in shame and for the good of the country,including the you know who in the white house.
