Parnas is telling the truth or he's trying to get a deal?

[imanamerican63]

I hope this not some scam? My own opinion.

[UniteFightBack]

1. It's both. He's obviously telling the truth - he has receipts and he's corroborating. nt

[AJT]

2. That's what I've been thinking too.

[Kingofalldems]

3. If he is lying he can't get a deal.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Or both.

I think Parnas is probably more truthful than otherwise simply because he has been charged with serious crimes, and even though what he said wasn't under oath he would be hurting his own case by lying. Some of what he said was his speculation and opinion but his factual statements can be confirmed or contradicted, and those will certainly be investigated. Parnas doesn't have a strong incentive to lie that I can think of.

[intrepidity]

7. Well said, agreed nt

[tblue37]

5. Could be both the truth and a bid for a deal, but if he's spilling it all now, there is no

incentive to offer him a deal.

OTOH, there is also no incentive to silence him by way of extreme measures if he's already exposed everything.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Parnas does not want to be

learning how to fly out of a 20 story window at Trump Hotel.