Giuliani's effort is gaining traction on Capitol Hill

[dajoki]

Giuliani consulted on Ukraine with imprisoned Paul Manafort via a lawyer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/giuliani-consulted-on-ukraine-with-imprisoned-paul-manafort-via-a-lawyer/2019/10/02/7a6dc542-e486-11e9-b7da-053c79b03db8_story.html?wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

In his quest to rewrite the history of the 2016 election, President Trump’s personal attorney has turned to an unusual source of information: Trump’s imprisoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Rudolph W. Giuliani in recent months has consulted several times with Manafort through the federal prisoner’s lawyer in pursuit of information about a disputed ledger that would bolster his theory that the real story of 2016 is not Russian interference to elect Trump, but Ukrainian efforts to support Hillary Clinton.

The relationship, which Giuliani acknowledged in an interview this week with The Washington Post, stems from a shared interest in a narrative that undermines the rationale for the special counsel investigation. That inquiry led to Manafort’s imprisonment on tax and financial fraud allegations related to his work in Kiev for the political party of former president Viktor Yanukovych.

Giuliani’s effort is gaining traction on Capitol Hill. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, have announced their renewal of an inquiry into any coordination between Ukraine and Democratic Party officials.

Manafort, who is serving a 7½ -year term in a federal prison in Pennsylvania, has continued to express support for Trump, and Trump has never ruled out giving him a pardon.

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[spanone]

1. Unfuckingbelievable.

[woodsprite]

2. Sound like it should read: Giuliani's effort is gaining traction on Capitol Hill *WITH REPUBS* nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. Maybe a further edit to include "........gaining traction with WHACKADOODLE Republican legislators

on the Hill."

[Iliyah]

4. Rudy G and Manafort are know liars.

But so are Grassley, Johnson, et al.

And where is Criminal Barr. I do not trust the Republican party.

[DFW]

5. And there, it would appear, is the real reason for Giuliani's Ukraine trip.

He went there to do----NOTHING. All he had to do was hole up in a hotel somewhere, be photographed with a few "who IS that guy" types, and come back with made-up "findings" that were all prepared before he even left. I'm sure Grassley and Johnson were briefed on what Giuliani would "find" well in advance of his trip there. That way, their "renewed" interest into a distracting inquiry on non-existent Democratic wrongdoing will have its justification, and they can both have their stories straight.

[dajoki]

6. They are all up to no good

https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/10/02/bill-barr-risks-becoming-joseph-mifsuds-new-coffee-boy/

There are a ton of reasons why this trip is batshit crazy. For one, Barr is placing himself in the role of a line Special Agent, someone without the requisite expertise chasing off to watch taped depositions while he should be running DOJ. For another (as I’ll show in more detail later), Barr is literally just chasing conspiracy theories sown by sworn liar George Papadopoulos, conspiracy theories which fabulist John Solomon (and his obvious sources named Rudy Giuliani and some Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska) has both fed and magnified. That Barr is doing it as he becomes personally embroiled in a scandal which could implicate him criminally suggests he and Trump may be trying to beat the clock, produce results before the shit really hits the fan.