We Have A Witness:

[kpete]

"[Giuliani's] aim was quite clear: He was planning to ask Zelensky to intervene in an American election on the side of Trump.
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As a person who has had direct experience of many of these events, I express my readiness to testify.



We have a witness: "[Giuliani's] aim was quite clear: He was planning to ask Zelensky to intervene in an American election on the side of Trump. … As a person who has had direct experience of many of these events, I express my readiness to testify." www.washingtonpost.c…

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Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist.

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Giuliani attempted to visit Ukraine in May 2019 with the express purpose of involving Zelensky in this process. His aim was quite clear: He was planning to ask Zelensky to intervene in an American election on the side of Trump.

Zelensky refused, forcing Giuliani to cancel his trip. Shortly after that, Giuliani went on Fox News, where he called me “[an enemy] of the president [and] of the United States.” This accusation had a devastating effect on my political career. I had been helping Zelenksy’s team since January — but now Giuliani’s smear cost me a job in the new administration. Not wanting to create problems for Zelensky, I withdrew from consideration.

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.....................Giuliani is not only deceiving American citizens. He is not only intervening in Ukrainian politics, smearing parliamentarians and officials of the presidential administration. He is also trying to drag the new president of Ukraine into an American election, which is absolutely unacceptable.

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I know that leaders of the three U.S. congressional committees that are now investigating the whistleblower case have asked the White House and the State Department to share all correspondence regarding the people involved in this story, including me. As a person who has had direct experience of many of these events, I express my readiness to testify to the U.S. Congress about what has been happening for the past six months in the gray zone of Ukrainian-American relations.



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More:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/21/why-is-rudy-giuliani-trying-drag-my-countrys-president-into-trumps-reelection-campaign/

[Roland99]

1. Details....

By Serhiy Leshchenko
September 21 at 4:57 PM
Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist.

Giuliani's entire approach is built on disinformation and the manipulation of facts. Giuliani has developed a conspiracy theory in which he depicts my revelations about Manafort as an intervention in the 2016 U.S. election in favor of the Democratic Party. In his May interview on Fox, Giuliani even claimed that I was convicted of a corresponding crime.


The facts do not support this allegation. Here’s the truth: The administrative court — which has long had a reputation as the most corrupt in Ukraine — ruled in December 2018 that I had acted illegally by disclosing the payments to Manafort. We appealed, and the verdict was suspended. And in the summer of this year, we won the appeal and the court’s decision was completely annulled. The appeal concluded that all the charges against me were unfounded, and even obliged my opponents to reimburse me for $100 in legal costs.

But Giuliani continues to quote this court decision even though it never attained legal force.

Giuliani also persists in claiming that the “black ledger” is a fake. He stated this most recently just a few days ago in an interview with CNN. In fact, the book is a genuine document. Expert examinations have confirmed the authenticity of the signatures shown in it.

[kpete]

5. Thanks for posting more

I appreciate it

kp

[Roland99]

6. .....

[aeromanKC]

7. $100 legal fees?

That's how shit their case was against him!!

[lunatica]

13. It's all about picking a grain of failed ancient fact and just modernize it

and saying it’s the finished resolution.

Isn’t that speshull?

[Leghorn21]

2. K&R

Thanks for posting, k

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. One thing should make all of this a lot clearer:

Guiliani is NOT an employee of the federal government or the White House. He is trump's PERSONAL attorney. If he intended to go to Ukraine, it was NOT in a role to benefit the American people, but to benefit trump.

IMPEACH NOW, WHILE WE STILL HAVE A NATIONAL SECURITY TO PROTECT.

[matt819]

4. Holy crap

That is one hell of an article. Skewers Giuliani and by extension trump. Must read.

[EveHammond13]

8. here comes the Hannity smear-job:Leshchenko part of the "Dirty Dossier"!!!!

[sharedvalues]

9. SIX MONTHS

[micDROP]

10. And another 1

This admin has more scandals in history. 2 a month it seems.
We have to support real Democrats and quick. People are getting angry and disillusioned.
Nancy Pelosi is eroding our own base in the working class. Everyone at work is p-d off and I am to

[McCamy Taylor]

15. Hold on. You are going to use Trump's corruption to turn us against Pelosi?

And that benefits the Democratic party---how?

[triron]

11. Your turn Nadler, Schiff.

[Pachamama]

12. Wow....

Yes, this is an interesting witness indeed...

[McCamy Taylor]

14. I am confused. Is Giuliani unhappy now that the MSM is talking Biden/Ukraine 24-7?

And is Trump asking a foreign leader in the Ukraine for dirt on his political opponent (Biden) different than him asking a foreign leader in Russia for dirt on his political opponent (Clinton)? There is obviously quid pro quo involved in both stories. Is quid pro quo really worse if you are in office as opposed planning to be in office?

What if the motivating force behind the blown whistle is Giuliani?

[Mc Mike]

16. Lock him up. The ghoul, I mean. rec, nt