President Trump and Rudy Giuliani, Esq. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images President Trump’s impeachment over extorting Ukraine for domestic political gain has played out in the headlines as a setpiece episode of his presidency, the sequel to the Russia investigation. But when historians look back at the case, they will probably see the affair not as a separate incident but a continuation.
Paul Manafort is the first major American to join in this effort. Starting in 2004, the Republican campaign strategist turned lobbyist for various global kleptocrats was hired by Russian oligarchs to guide the campaign of the Russophilic Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Manafort was still indebted to Deripaska when he went to work, gratis, in the same role for Donald Trump.
When he took office, Trump reportedly explained to flummoxed White House officials that he accepted this theory because “Putin told me.” During Trump’s first year, Rudy Giuliani functionally took over for Manafort, who was by this point under FBI investigation. Giuliani immediately recognized the value of Russia’s claim that Ukraine had stolen the emails. “I knew they were hot and heavy on this Russian collusion thing, even though I knew 100 percent that it was false,” he told Glenn Beck.
Over the last year, Giuliani’s network in Ukraine has expanded. The ultimate source of his financing appears to be Firtash, who prosecutors say gave a million dollars to Lev Parnas, one of the hustlers who paid Giuliani. Firtash has been described by most reporters as an oligarch with criminal ties, but his influence is much deeper than that. American reporters who have studied Firtash describe him as a Kremlin proxy agent.
jonathanchait Which is exactly what it is.
jonathanchait IQ=2.3 (1.8 without the blue tie)
jonathanchait Excellent article, great to see this placed in the proper perspective. It shows patterns and intentions by Trump & his associates. SenateDems HouseDemocrats RepAdamSchiff RepJerryNadler SpeakerPelosi
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