House Democrats released a fresh batch of evidence for the Trump impeachment trial Friday, highlighted by text messages between Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas and an aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
claims by Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas that he had extensive contacts with an aide of Rep. Devin Nunes as the administration was allegedly orchestrating a scheme to pressure Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden.between Parnas and Nunes aide Derek Harvey, from February to May 2019. The messages were sent around the time Democrats say the Biden investigation scheme at the heart of the impeachment was being concocted.
In the messages, Harvey expressed interest in obtaining information amassed by Parnas, which was related to Biden and allegedly gathered at the behest of Giuliani, the personal lawyer of President Donald Trump. Plans to interview key figures in the Biden investigation scheme were also made. "Also do you want to interview the general prosecutor who got [ditched] by Biden? Also the anti corruption prosecutor? Let me know," said Parnas in a message from April 19.The messages also reveal several planned video chat sessions between the two, as well as in-person meetings at Washington D.C.'s Trump International Hotel. Prior to the release of the message, Parnas said he worked on the scheme directly with Nunes, but the relationship grew through his contact with Harvey.
"My relationship [with Nunes], basically where it expanded was when I was introduced to his aide, Derek Harvey," Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in an."The reason why Derek Harvey was more of [a contact] was, I understood [and] I was told... Devin Nunes just had an ethics, something to do with an ethics committee and he couldn't be in the spotlight."
Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas arriving for a court appearance in New York City on December 17, 2019.Maddow also asked Parnas whether he was surprised to find that Nunes established himself as one of Trump's most outspoken defenders during the impeachment hearings. He said that he was"in shock" to see Nunes in the role due to him being closely involved in"all this stuff on Biden.
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