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Good thread on significance

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:43:16 +0000

Good thread on significance of Parnas tape: https://t.co/dfC2KOYMFv
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 25, 2020

on topic

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:34:43 +0000

on topic

As @emptywheel noted here: https://t.co/Dt9TLXHmHq

Bondy's apparent strategy is to outline an investigation he suspects SDNY isn't allowed to conduct. The photo-trolling is one thing: the attention on Barr is another.
— Nick (@getyrtrouserson) January 25, 2020

NYTimes coverage of the

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:32:39 +0000

In reply to Lev Parnas Asks Barr to Recuse Himself From Criminal Case

NYTimes coverage of the Parnas tape:

Breaking via NYT: Lev Parnas said that he had turned over to congressional Democrats a recording from 2018 of the president ordering the dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch. Parnas located the recording after its existence was first reported by ABC News.https://t.co/BK4NWWK9c7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 24, 2020

If you like high risk games,

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:54:34 +0000

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If you like high risk games, Bondy's the lawyer you want, methinks:

Now on @MSNBC:

Lawyer for Lev Parnas talks with @Maddow about recording that he says is of President Trump ordering firing of Amb. Yovanovitch. pic.twitter.com/m3PVwfafTY
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 25, 2020

BOP saying they need to keep

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:13:42 +0000

In reply to Folks: Virtually every

BOP saying they need to keep Avenatti in SHU for his own protection (may be true!) would be a lot more credible if they hadn't let Epstein suicide 2 times in a matter of weeks.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 23, 2020

Folks: Virtually every

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:38:37 +0000

In reply to Does Avenatti scare Barr?

Folks: Virtually every defendant who ends up in MCC's SHU claims to have been in Chapo's cell.

The newsworthy part of that letter is not the Chapo reference--it's the claim Avenatti's under SAMs, which (I believe) require AG approval.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2020

Good comment @ emptywheel

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:16:15 +0000

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Good comment @ emptywheel

vickssays:

January 20, 2020 at 7:55 pm

I get the sense that it’s been cat and mouse and tit for tat all along.
I’m not sure who is the mouse but there are several moves where the US/Barr appears to tag-team with pro-Russia-Ukrainian bad guys for dirty “wins” for one or both sides.
During Zelenski’s campaign Zelenski’s biggest benefactor Ihor Kolomoisky (a billionaire bad guy himself, BUT, he was also a big protagonist of Poroshenko) had his bank seized.
The US put a cherry on that Ukrainian power move against a big Zelenski supporter by announcing right around the same time our own investigation into Kolomoisky with a claim of him money laundering in the US.
In exchange for whatever Rudy was dangling, Poroshenko had no problem using his “position” to help Rudy with his plan to trash the Biden’s before the US elections.
No problem that is, until Zelenski won the election and “decided” to investigate Poroshenko and then fire him.
One of the perks of Poroshenko’s fall/Zelensky’s squeeze, was Poroshenko double crossed Rudy and took back every word he said, actually Biden and son had actually broken no laws, One would think this backpedaling must have thrown a big wrench in Rudy’s task of proving the bat shit crazy alternate story that seems to STILL be in the works.
Almost as if it were a response to that bad news for team Trump, Barr came to the rescue, declaring that Durham’s investigation into the bat shit crazy alternate story had suddenly escalated into a criminal investigation.
Funny how each side justifies their revenge filled/self serving moves (and themselves) as corruption fighting “investigations” by corruption fighting superheroes.
I see one filthy hand washing the other and now Parnas is jumping in with what may (or may not) be a fishing expedition for SDNY.
Parnas was the one who pointed out the fear people have of Barr’s power to investigate, he also added he was ready to put all his cards on the table.
That’s big talk considering with the exception of some obvious attempts to protect a chosen few it’s all been smack that names not just pro-Trumpers, but those Ukrainian dudes acting in the best interest of first themselves but then Russia and Putin.
It seems to me Parnas is either a total idiot or has somehow, been offered something, by someone, in exchange.
Protection?
Immunity from anything with legs that Barr may turn up in an “investigation”?
Perhaps Parnas caught wind of a plot bigger than what he could stop by firing Trump’s ass-h*le lawyers and this is really his only way to save himself?
I am in way over my head here, but I get the feeling that we may start learning soon that this strategy of announcing investigations of a leader’s enemies (once only popular in corrupt countries) might have cleared the testing phase and already gone far beyond “lock her up” in our country as well.

Does Avenatti scare Barr?

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:22:31 +0000

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Does Avenatti scare Barr? Leaving him to be "Epsteined"? [Check those video cameras, please - I hear MCC has trouble keeping them in working condition.]

Hoping @Popehat will explain whether this REALLY means Avenatti is under SAMs or just in SHU for his own protection. https://t.co/wt5cXjxHRQ
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2020