You see what happens when you don't stop him?Two operatives reporting to President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani established a backchannel between him and Ukrainian officials, according to a Buzzfeed News report.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman met with top figures in Ukraine and set up meetings for Giuliani in an attempt to gather information to use in the 2020 presidential election, according to the publication.
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In March, about a month after a meeting with Parnas, Fruman and Giuliani, prosecutors in Kiev announced they would investigate certain officials in connection with trying to rig the election for Clinton, which Trump himself touted in an interview with Fox News.
Parnas has said he also expects information the two obtained to play a major role in Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to Buzzfeed.
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Parnas told Buzzfeed he and Fruman did not draw a salary for working as liaisons between Giuliani and Ukrainian officials.
“All we were doing was passing along information,” he told Buzzfeed. “Information was coming to us — either I bury it or I pass it on. I felt it was my duty to pass it on."
He told the publication the back-channel was initiated on the Ukrainian end, with officials telling him and Fruman that they needed connections to meet with U.S. officials and [k]new Parnas was acquainted with Giuliani.
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“Trump has either authorized Giuliani to engage in private diplomacy and deal-making, or even worse, remains silent while Giuliani and his dodgy band of soldiers of fortune engage in activities that severely undermine US credibility and are contrary to fundamental US interests,” [Former federal prosecutor Kenneth McCallion] told Buzzfeed.
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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