Indicted Giuliani Associate Ties Case to Trump

[applegrove]

Indicted Giuliani Associate Ties Case to Trump

The connection was made as two associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan.

By Nicole Hong and William K. Rashbaum

Oct. 23, 2019Updated 4:30 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/nyregion/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-campaign-finance.html?action=click&module=TopStories&pgtype=Homepage

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One of the two indicted associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Wednesday tied the case to the president himself, saying that some of the evidence gathered in the campaign-finance investigation could be subject to executive privilege.

The unusual argument was raised by a defense lawyer in federal court in Manhattan as the two associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they had made illegal campaign contributions to political candidates in the United States in exchange for potential influence.

Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman have become unexpected figures in the events at the heart of the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, having played a role in helping Mr. Giuliani’s efforts on behalf of President Trump to dig up information in Ukraine that could damage former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a prospective Democratic challenger.

Mr. Giuliani has denied wrongdoing but has acknowledged that he and the two men worked with officials in Ukraine to collect damaging information about the American ambassador to Ukraine and other targets of Mr. Trump and his allies, including Mr. Biden and his younger son, Hunter.

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[Moostache]

1. Exactly how the fuck are the 2 Shreks covered by Executive Privilege???

Can we just end this goddamn charade, grab Trump and put him in a skin-tone matching jumpsuit already????

FOR FUCK'S SAKE...breaking the law is not something that can or should be covered by executive privilege. I feel like I am stuck in a loop watching some kind of riff on "The Princess Bride" and I am left saying: "You keep on using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it does..."

[ffr]

2. I wonder who that defense benefits?

The Prez who says he never knew these guys or them for the outlandish defense angle, being third person from the Prez.

What prosecutors have on these goons must be bulletproof and extensive.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Drip drip