I used to think the Trump shit was going to be a good HBO movie, but it really has to be a 6 season series.
Reuters says they were going to fly to Vienna. Now maybe that was a convenient flight out of the country and they were going somewhere after that, or maybe it has something to do with Dmytro Firtash, who's been holed up in Austria fighting extradition to the US and is tied up in this mess somehow.Trying to escape outta Dodge.
Interesting how the country they were trying to escape to wasn't mentioned. That will no doubt have some juicy information for later on.
I used to think the Trump shit was going to be a good HBO movie, but it really has to be a 6 season series.
House Democrats issue subpoenas for two indicted Giuliani associates
David Correia has deleted his twitter account. https://twitter.com/oneforeachofyou/status/1176993704654954496?s=21
So basically, a huge chunk of the US government is literally owned by Russian mafia?
SourceLev Parnas, Igor Fruman, David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin have been indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York on campaign finance charges.
So basically, a huge chunk of the US government is literally owned by Russian mafia?
As someone already mentioned it would be nice to know when they bought those 1-way tickets.
The fact they met with Ghouliani the afternoon of the day they tried to flee tells me Ghouliani heard from his source inside the SDNY and then relayed that info to these two guys.
Off-topic, but I know this guy! He lives in my town.
You're right. This story of this administration has had more twist and turns than a soap opera.I used to think the Trump shit was going to be a good HBO movie, but it really has to be a 6 season series.
Getting harder and harder to not hear these in Colbert's Trump voice.
So let me guess, Trump is already calling Barr to do something.
Hey dumbasses, maybe don't have lunch at Trump Hotel in WASHINGTON FUCKING DC RIGHT BEFORE FLEEING THE COUNTRY.
These people clearly don't understand secrecy.
You can only delay for so long. If it ever came out they knew they were under investigation and yet managed to flee the country, that would look awful.I'm so suspicious about these charges, because the SNDY is run by a stalwart Trump appointee. Why would the GOP do this to themselves?
I wonder if they are just making these guys the fall guys in some way to give cover to the GOP members who actually received the funds or if this investigation is designed to prevent Congress from investigating or something.
Ultimately, I am worried that this very, very big scandal won't see the full extent of justice in the hands of this administration.
Just wanted to share this excellent Reddit comment that ties the arrests into the two-act structure of the Ukraine scandal in a way I hadn't fully grasped till now.
tl;dr: Trump/Giuliani strike deal with corrupt Ukraine prosecutor Lutsenko to fire Ambassador Yovanovitch (who had been publicly slagging his corruption) in exchange for manufactured Biden dirt. But then Zelensky is elected president on an anti-corruption platform and fires Lutsenko. So Trump/Giuliani change gears and turn the quid-pro-quo into military assistance for Zelensky. And now the bagmen that helped facilitate all these dirty deals just got arrested trying to flee the country.
Just wanted to share this excellent Reddit comment that ties the arrests into the two-act structure of the Ukraine scandal in a way I hadn't fully grasped till now.
tl;dr: Trump/Giuliani strike deal with corrupt Ukraine prosecutor Lutsenko to fire Ambassador Yovanovitch (who had been publicly slagging his corruption) in exchange for manufactured Biden dirt. But then Zelensky is elected president on an anti-corruption platform and fires Lutsenko. So Trump/Giuliani change gears and turn the quid-pro-quo into military assistance for Zelensky. And now the bagmen that helped facilitate all these dirty deals just got arrested trying to flee the country.
I think you're absolutely right, the whole rotten thing is corrupt (and I'm sure there's some dirty Democrats in there too)I feel like the GOP is rife with foreign money donations (Russia, Saudi Arabia)
That may be one of the reasons why they are siding with Trump.
It's not just party over country... it's self preservation.
Just wanted to share this excellent Reddit comment that ties the arrests into the two-act structure of the Ukraine scandal in a way I hadn't fully grasped till now.
tl;dr: Trump/Giuliani strike deal with corrupt Ukraine prosecutor Lutsenko to fire Ambassador Yovanovitch (who had been publicly slagging his corruption) in exchange for manufactured Biden dirt. But then Zelensky is elected president on an anti-corruption platform and fires Lutsenko. So Trump/Giuliani change gears and turn the quid-pro-quo into military assistance for Zelensky. And now the bagmen that helped facilitate all these dirty deals just got arrested trying to flee the country.
My money is on Rudi giving the tickets to them at that dinner
Just wanted to share this excellent Reddit comment that ties the arrests into the two-act structure of the Ukraine scandal in a way I hadn't fully grasped till now.
I'm confused -- what's wrong with my Reddit link? I did a straight copy-paste, it works on my end, and the URL is the same as yours.Here's a decoded link to that Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/c...read_two_giuliani_associates_tied_to/f36yyll/
I'm confused -- what's wrong with my Reddit link? I did a straight copy-paste, it works on my end, and the URL is the same as yours.
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It's showing up as:I'm confused -- what's wrong with my Reddit link? I did a straight copy-paste, it works on my end, and the URL is the same as yours.
why isn't Guliani arrested yet?
also Igor Fruman sounds like such a perfect name for a villain
why isn't Guliani arrested yet?
also Igor Fruman sounds like such a perfect name for a villain
Their passports have been seized, they're being monitored by GPS and a third party and can't go anywhere but court. It was an agreement with the prosecutors and not a judgement from the court.
Slightly less insane.Their passports have been seized, they're being monitored by GPS and a third party and can't go anywhere but court. It was an agreement with the prosecutors and not a judgement from the court.