House prosecutors to arrive at Senate to formally open trial as Lev Parnas tells reporters president was fully aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine - Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution
The White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, just spoke with Fox & Friends about Lev Parnas and said the Trump administration was “not too concerned” about his allegations. She also questioned Parnas’s trustworthiness and his motives. More from @PressSec on Lev Parnas allegations. Questioning his motives, she says he's "out on bail...and is desperate to reduce his exposure to prison." Says @POTUS "did nothing wrong" and impeachment is a Democratic "sham from the start." "This really isn't distracting him," @PressSec says of Pres Trump and the impeachment proceedings now in the Senate. She says he'll continue to do his job during the trial and expects he'll travel to Davos next week for the World Economic Forum. Lev Parnas said while he did not speak directly with Donald Trump about efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating the former vice-president Joe Biden, a political rival, he had met with the president several times. Parnas also said Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, told Parnas he was updating Trump in an interview with the New York Times. Parnas is facing criminal charges in federal court, so he is not the most reliable witness, but a trove of his documents released to House investigators provided fresh evidence of the close relationship between Parnas and Giuliani ahead of the Senate trial. Trump has denied misconduct. Continue reading... |