Dr Ghouliani and Mr Hyde: Kiev Scandal Keeps Giving

By PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 10:18am |

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SCOOP: Robert F. Hyde, the new mystery player in the Ukraine scandal, was taken into police custody at a Trump resort last year, claiming the Secret Service & a hit man were after him. He was then involuntarily confined in a medical facility. https://t.co/7Rkx3dXlJG
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 15, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 10:21am

new WaPo article out on Hyde, three reporters on it:

NEW: The former Marine who suggested he was tracking a US ambassador disliked by Trump was involuntarily committed last year, 9 days after bowling at the WH. He’s also subject to a restraining order for stalking a woman at Trump’s hotel. w/ @bethreinhard https://t.co/IfNNzCVdTZ
— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:22am

I'm not gonna, but because others might like (TPM-ers might already know):

If you are not following @JoshKovensky start now. https://t.co/dafNIu5eNg
— Rob Waldeck (@Robertwaldeck) January 15, 2020

I am reminded of how much Josh Marshall likes to deep dive into docudumps, one of his favorite things. Used to ask for crowd help, now sometimes hires someone?

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 6:44pm

Susan Collins throws cold water on new Lev Parnas evidence. “I wonder why the House did not put that into the record and it’s only now being revealed.” Told it was just turned over, she says: “well doesn’t that suggest that the House did an incomplete job then?” @Phil_Mattingly
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 15, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 6:51pm

JUST IN: Ted Lieu says Nunes threatened to sue him for alleging he conspired with Parnas https://t.co/88ghBV7iMy pic.twitter.com/o7e54jG7Ux
— The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2020

or tweets at twenty paces?

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:36am

New Parnas claim to NYT: Trump and Rudy came up with plan for Rudy to represent Parnas, in hopes of concealing their Ukraine efforts with attorney-client privilegehttps://t.co/yEqLPAINHP pic.twitter.com/Gl0Myj386W
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) January 16, 2020

IMO this has the ring of truth. There was a truly bizarre human centipede of attorney-client privilege going on involving Trump, Rudy, Parnas, Fruman, Toensing, diGenova, and even John Solomon.https://t.co/j29J4LFgAg
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) January 16, 2020

Edit to add: I saw the above two retweeted by Laura Rozen but now I see this third retweeted by Ezra Klein:

Reading all these texts, I have to admit, I can't help but be impressed by Parnas's hustle.

He has so many grifts going on with so many people. Inspiring. The American dream.
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 1:08am

Bill Barr was 'on the team' trying to advance Giuliani's scheme in Ukraine: Lev Parnashttps://t.co/SHVL01leSU
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 1:16am

good video of Drumpf with Lev @ Mar-a-Lago in 2017, works much better as damning than still pix:

@realDonaldTrump, the “I don’t know him at all, don’t know what he’s about, don’t know where he comes from, know nothing about him” guy, w Lev Parnas & Roman Nasirov, former head of Ukrainian Fiscal Service, at Mar-a-Lago 2017. @JAcostaCNN #LevRemembers #LetLevSpeak #TheyAllKnew pic.twitter.com/uQdYca1gEI
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 4:21pm

Lev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe https://t.co/FXSHxkdgrR pic.twitter.com/yXbwe9OZpp
— The Hill (@thehill) January 17, 2020

"He knows who I am": Lev Parnas says Devin Nunes was "involved in getting all this stuff on Biden" https://t.co/8ZzUYt86Bj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:23am

video with the Nunes part:

.@Maddow: "Does it strike you as unusual or inappropriate that Devin Nunes would be one of the lead investigators?"

PARNAS: "I was in shock when I was watching the hearings and when I saw [Nunes] sitting up there...Because they were involved in getting all this stuff on Biden." pic.twitter.com/m1KgFb1fC1
— CAP Action (@CAPAction) January 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:28am

Lev Parnas: "After analyzing all the evidence and sitting back and, what’s it called, really understanding what’s going on, I don’t think Vice President Biden did anything wrong. I think he was protecting our country and getting rid of probably a crooked attorney general." @MSNBC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 17, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:26am

Trump personally approved John Dowd’s representation of Parnas and Fruman—two men he claimed not to know. pic.twitter.com/kkjrwsWF8w
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:51am

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