'Barr had to have known everything': Giuliani associate Lev Parnas alleges AG Barr was 'basically on the team' to pressure Ukraine

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• Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian associate of President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that Attorney General William Barr was intricately aware of Trump's pressure campaign in Ukraine.
• Trump withheld nearly $400 million in military aid and a White House meeting for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while trying to strongarm Zelensky into publicly committing to investigations that would personally benefit Trump.
• Parnas told Maddow that Barr was "basically on the team" as it related to Trump's actions in Ukraine.
• He also said Barr "absolutely" knew of Trump's efforts to force Zelensky's administration to publicly commit to investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, over bogus allegations of corruption.
• "Mr. Barr had to have known everything," Parnas told Maddow.
• The Justice Department has called Parnas' account "100% false."
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Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian associate of personal Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, alleged in an exclusive interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday that Attorney General William Barr was in the loop on President Donald Trump's pressure campaign in Ukraine.

Trump repeatedly tried to strongarm Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his deputies into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, over unfounded allegations of corruption.

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