Republicans working to spread active measures for the Russians to attack our active President is how you distinguish two different parties in an election.
The Republican impeachment push against President Joe Biden has always rested on the thinnest of evidentiary ice, but with one of their key informants facing criminal charges for lying to federal investigators, the charade is now on the verge of falling apart.
On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee — one of the three Republican-controlled committees overseeing the Biden impeachment inquiry — held a hearing in an attempt to salvage the effort.
Democrats brought in Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani crony who was a key figure in the Ukraine scandal that led to Trump’s first impeachment. During his testimony, Parnas declared that he had found “zero evidence of the Bidens’ corruption in Ukraine” and that “no credible source has ever provided proof of criminal activity […] no respectable Ukrainian official has ever said that the Biden’s did anything illegal.”
“The only information ever pushed on the Biden’s in Ukraine has come from one source, and one source only: Russia and Russian agents,” Parnas said. “The impeachment proceedings that bring us here now are predicated on false information spread by the Kremlin.”
It's amazing how Trump and his allies can fabricate lies out of whole cloth and insert them into the American consciousness by using Fox and other mouthpieces to whisper them. There is literally no there there. Every attack is an admission for them.
Like when Trump stands in front of his worshippers and tells them the Presidential Records Act specifically allows him to pick and choose what he wants to keep for himself. Dude, it's the exact opposite!
[And Lev? Where's Igor? Igor Fruman, your wingman?]
Scott Brady checked in on investigations into all of Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian oligarchs, sending a chill through their ranks. Shrouded in mystery, Brady whispered his findings like a riddle in a bottle, to be opened only by those with the courage to unravel the truth. He drew comparisons between the oligarchs and dark entities, colorfully describing the web they had formed and the secrets it hid. In the end, no one knew how deep the investigation went or what might be unearthed when the secrets were revealed.
Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the US government of funneling a Russian oligarch’s money into American political campaigns. One recipient of Parnas’ donations — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race | Reuters
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texts-tie-desantis-closely-trump-insider-lev-parnas-2018-race-2023-05-22/
This is among the most damning testimony I've ever seen.
"Everyone involved knew they were sharing lies. From Trump and Giulani's shadow diplomacy, to my missions to Ukraine and elsewhere [...] everything was for the ultimate benefit of Donald Trump and, thereby, Vladimir Putin."
"Congressman Pete Sessions, then Congressman Devin Nunes, Senator Ron Johnson, and many others understood they were pushing a false narrative. The same goes for John Solomon, Sean Hannity, and media personnel, particularly at Fox News, who used this narrative to manipulate the public ahead of the 2020 elections. Sadly, they are still doing this today as we approach the 2024 elections."
Parnas, who helped Donald Trump by attempting to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden, told the committee that various GOP politicians and members of the conservative media purposely spread disinformation about the current president.
And he named names, including Fox News host Sean Hannity and Rep. Pete Sessions, who, Parnas pointed out, is a member of the House Oversight Committee.
Ah, FOX: there's another Biden impeachment hearing today, this one featuring the implicated Lev Parnas, and after noting that the *only* source of information claiming that Biden was complicit in corruption in Ukraine came from Russia and Russian agents, FOX "News" cut away to do more talking head stuff.