NEW: Lev Parnas claims in interview with maddow that President Trump fired, or believed he fired, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine several times before her recall was publicly announced.
Yovanovitch told House investigators her reputation was smeared by Giuliani, who seized on Ukrainian disinformation about her allegedly badmouthing the president, that she was blocking corruption investigations by circulating a"do not prosecute" list and stymying investigation into the Bidens.
” in Ukraine and that Trump"was aware of all my movements" and that"I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president." White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in a statement Thursday cast doubt on Parnas’ credibility. Parnas also claimed that Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General William Barr were"in the loop" on the Ukraine effort and that Trump ordered Pence not to attend Zelenskiy's inauguration in May because the investigations Trump wanted had not been announced.Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, said Thursday that “Democrat witnesses have testified under oath in direct contradiction to Lev Parnas’ statements last night.
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Giuliani Aide Lev Parnas Claims Trump Knew What Was Happening With UkraineI am a breaking news reporter for Forbes in London, covering Europe and the U.S. Previously I was a news reporter for HuffPost UK, the Press Association and a night reporter at the Guardian. I studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, where I was a writer and editor for one of the university’s global affairs magazines, the London Globalist. That led me to Goldsmiths, University of London, where I completed my M.A. in Journalism. Got a story? Get in touch at isabel.togohforbes.com, or follow me on Twitter bissieness. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Giuliani Aide Lev Parnas Claims Trump Knew What Was Happening With UkraineI am a breaking news reporter for Forbes in London, covering Europe and the U.S. Previously I was a news reporter for HuffPost UK, the Press Association and a night reporter at the Guardian. I studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, where I was a writer and editor for one of the university’s global affairs magazines, the London Globalist. That led me to Goldsmiths, University of London, where I completed my M.A. in Journalism. Got a story? Get in touch at isabel.togohforbes.com, or follow me on Twitter bissieness. I look forward to hearing from you.
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