Coming back to this as we now know that Giuliani wrote a letter to Zelensky letting him know he was there on behalf of Trump as his PERSONAL COUNSEL, not as a government representative, either official or unofficial.
In fact, in the letter, Giuliani actually explains the distinction between Donald Trump the man and Donald Trump the President. He goes to great pains to make this distinction.
He also stated he was there with Trump’s full knowledge.
Mr. Parnas produced handwritten notes on stationery from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Vienna, Austria that appear directly related to the President’s scheme to press Ukraine to announce investigations beneficial to his reelection campaign. Mr. Parnas’ attorney confirmed that the notes were written by his client.
One hand-written note states: " get Zalensky [sic] to Annonce [sic] that the Biden case will Be Investigated ; start commun[icating] with Zalensky [sic] without (Pinchuk or Kolomoisky)"
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In January of 2019, Mr. Parnas and Mr. Giuliani exchanged text messages about securing a visa for former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. When Mr. Parnas advised that the United States had denied Mr. Shokin’s visa, Mr. Giuliani responded “I can revive it.” Mr. Giuliani later revealed, “It’s going to work I have no 1 in it.” He also gave Jay Sekulow, President Trump’s personal attorney, Mr. Parnas’ phone number.
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In March 2019, Mr. Parnas communicated by text message with Robert F. Hyde about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. In response to some articles, tweets, and videos accusing the Ambassador of being disloyal to President Trump, Mr. Hyde wrote “Wow. Can’t believe Trumo [sic] hasn’t fired this bitch. I’ll get right in that.” Mr. Hyde then sent a series of text messages suggesting that he had Ambassador Yovanovitch under physical surveillance in Kyiv and that “They are willing to help if we/you would like a price.”
So let’s combine this with trump saying she would be going through some things…
Sooo how did Robert Hyde know when the ambassador’s phones And computer were on or off and why was he tracking her movements and reporting on her security detail?
Do you think it matters? Let me preview tomorrow’s talking points, provided they address this at all instead of inventing Vince Vaughn outrages:
“Nothing came of it.”
“We don’t know what they were talking about.”
“They were probably joking.”
“What Deep State Traitor leaked this? That’s the real story!”
“Trump never met this Lev Parmas anyway.”
“Isn’t he a convicted criminal? How can you believe him?”
“Fake News.”
“U mad libz?”
Until you understand how depraved their state of mind is, you won’t fully grasp how the support works.