Ukraine gas executive says Giuliani associates boasted of US government ties

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, boasted of US government ties during meeting with Andrew Favorov an Ukraine gas executive. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.

Last month Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, Giuliani's associates, were indicted on campaign finance charges for allegedly using a shell company, Global Energy Producers, to disguise that they were behind a campaign donation made to America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC. Parnas and Fruman have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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    1. @O SNOOPY SNOOP COLEMAN hey SNOOP Brian Carrie is one one of friends from the ring of fire we need to consolidate our efforts to get rid of all this endless scum ladden hypocrisy for good ,I like reading your comments to lol 😄 🥰🎶 📯 bahabaha happy to see you and I hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend 😆🤣🤗🌎🇺🇲🎶✌🏼👍☮️

  1. How about that!!
    Could we just imagine this could happen.
    Those part of the orbital sphere of our president are always in some illegal trouble. Just bad luck.🤭

    1. Yeah, tell me about it. I heard the corruption is being eliminated in the court system. Stay tuned for JUSTICE.

    1. Oba*** Man give Rudy Guliani immunity for that orange clown in a jumpsuit and unless it necessary give immunity to nunes that trash deserves a couple years and a big welcoming party in federal prison thought

    2. Remember how NUNES to walk over in secret (his midnight visit) to spill the findings from the committee in order to keep the president update on the Mueller investigation with all the evidence that the committee was examining? The result was Nunes had to excuse himself from the investigation at that time.

      Guiliani, Joseph DiGenova and his wife Victoria Ann Toensing are the lawyers for Dmitry Fistash (corrupt Ukraine oligarchy and great friend and associate of Shokin), who is in Vienna under house arrest for corruption, money laundering and fraud in the US. “Mr. Lev Parnas learned from former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin that GOP Rep Devin Nunes had met with Shokin in Vienna last December,” said attorney, Joseph A. Bondy, represents Lev Parnas. Citing congressional records, the Beast said Nunes traveled to Europe from 30 November to 3 December with three aides, at a cost of $63,000. Nunes recruits Parnas to merge Parnas’ information with Nunes’ efforts. Nunes refuses to even try to deny this angle. Then, let’s not forget that John Solomon also hired Parnas.

      Nunes should be removed. Nunes kept his visit to Shokin SECRET from the American people and his own committee members. Ummmm…will Nunes excuse himself again? It seems this is a pattern with Nunes.

      Look into Naftogaz, the leading Ukraine gas company and Team Trump. Naftogaz’s pipeline system transfers half of Russian oil to Europe. Trump and team wanted to ‘get rid of corruption’ in Ukraine to install their own corruption. A circle of businessmen and Republicans donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management on top of Ukraine’s top massive gas company, Naftogaz . Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies. Giuliani was seeing this gas subject as a side business – use his influence to make a buck for the Trump team. The FBI should be investigating this but the FBI is under BARR’s thumb and we know Barr is part of the Trump Team.

      https://www.apnews.com/d7440cffba4940f5b85cd3dfa3500fb2

      Dale Perry an energy executive in the States was a victim of a shakedown orchestrated by Giuliani’s two Soviet associates Parnas and Fruman answerable to Dmitry Firtash. Perry was threatening that he had to go along with Parnas and Fruman’s take over the control of one of Ukraine’s largest gas company. Marie Yovanovitch was encouraged and supported Naftogaz’s five-year efforts to clean up its own corruption. Parnas trying to get Naftogaz wanted get rid of Yovanovitch. Parnas pushed certain GOP congressmen and Trump to fire Yovanovitch.

      Parnas and Fruman made their pitch to oust Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev and replace him with a man they knew and worked with – Andrew Favorov. A senior Naftogaz executive, Andrew Favorov (an associate of Parnas and Fruman) told Dale Perry that Yovanovitch was in the way and WILL BE replaced by Trump.

      Two months after Parnas got involved with Naftogaz, Perry entered the picture. Among those pushing for changes at Naftogaz was Perry. During Perry’s May trip to Kiev for Zelensky’s inauguration, Perry delivered a list of four candidates (Perry’s associates) to replace the existing American member of Naftogaz’s international supervisory board, according to a source familiar with Perry’s conversations.

      Rick Perry and his political supporters Michael Bleyzer (a Ukrainian-American who has made a name for himself in Houston as an oil and gas investor) and Alex Cranberg (partner to Bleyzer and also a longtime Perry backer) have secured a 50 year contract to drill oil in Varvynska Ukrainian government-owned land. The deal was made a little more than a month after Perry attended the inauguration of Zelensky and after offering Michael Bleyzer as a political advisor to the new President.
      Bleyzer and Cranberg—currently embroiled in Perry’s latest scandal—have deep ties to Texas and Perry. In 2009, then-Governor Perry appointed Bleyzer to the advisory board for the Emerging Technology Fund, his new tax-incentive fund for startup ventures. The following year, Bleyzer cut Perry’s campaign a $30,000 check.

      “The revelations that Perry engaged in what looks to be a classic example of political cronyism should be unsurprising to those familiar with Governor Goodhair’s tenure. Over his 12 years running Texas, he developed a reputation as a brazen purveyor of pay-to-play politics, shamelessly installing his biggest political donors in powerful positions of public trust.”

      https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/11/09/a-timeline-of-rick-perrys-involvement-in-the-ukraine-scandal/
      https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/11/rick-perry-supporters-won-potentially-lucrative-ukraine-oil-and-gas-de/

    1. @onlythewise1 WRONG IDIOT !! Joe Biden had the backing of the ENTIRE International community …….they ALL agreed on his actions taken !! You need to do research before you make asinine comments !!

    1. Thragon68
      Guiliani strives to be in the spotlight. For one huge reason. Soon as his limelight fades the mafia in Sicily will have him taken out. The only reason he’s still breathing now is because he’s still in the limelight. It’s no big secret the Trump family has committed criminal tax fraud for decades. Been slum lords & many other infractions they’ve paid hundreds thousands in fines for. It’s also no big secret that Giuliani warmed up to him to stay in the light. The reasons for which are speculative yes. Howevs no one knows more about the Trump crime family than Mr. Giuliani. Is all that matters to him is staying in the light. Because he’s not interested anymore in busting the Sicilian mafia. He’s interested in keeping American mafia out of jail. He traded one for the other. Not rocket science. Is just fact.

  2. Oh, Rick Perry… where are you? Perchance you can shed some light on this? Don’t be frightened – you can even sit next to Devin Nunes if you need legal advice.

    1. @Rek-5 yep i meant passports but i did mention all to the benefit of russia, maybe they are russian mafia i wouldnt know

    1. CNN bendall and everything to keep the narrative of bad Trump, it just aint working, we dont believe you, YOU dont believe you, only the hardcore one eyed goats are still hanging on…and it has already backfired….polls show Trump is up up and away, from the weakest demcrat field ever…vote Trump 2020 and give US/us a chance not to sell completely out of common sense, decency and hope…by the way, here is the real Ukraine story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-eglEywvww

    1. Muad’ Dib more like disorganized, they started confessing and getting locked up immediately and we’re not even halfway done

    2. CNN bendall and everything to keep the narrative of bad Trump, it just aint working, we dont believe you, YOU dont believe you, only the hardcore one eyed goats are still hanging on…and it has already backfired….polls show Trump is up up and away, from the weakest demcrat field ever…vote Trump 2020 and give US/us a chance not to sell completely out of common sense, decency and hope…by the way, here is the real Ukraine story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-eglEywvww

    3. @Steffan Helle your fawning adoration,blind obedience and total loyalty to the 2nd grader trapped in a 70yr old body is *noted*

    1. @Brian Anderson,if your comment is directed to me, my reply,many great people are associated with the Patriots operation.

    2. CNN bendall and everything to keep the narrative of bad Trump, it just aint working, we dont believe you, YOU dont believe you, only the hardcore one eyed goats are still hanging on…and it has already backfired….polls show Trump is up up and away, from the weakest demcrat field ever…vote Trump 2020 and give US/us a chance not to sell completely out of common sense, decency and hope…by the way, here is the real Ukraine story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-eglEywvww

    1. Confusion: for honest ukrainian gas companies, such as Burisma, standard practice is plundering russian gas without paying.

    2. @Gerard Smadja this commie love for Russia from trump supporting fake patriots is really getting stale

    3. @-Kinder- Martinni Bataan You are an idiot if you think the Russians are still “commies” read a history book ffs.

    1. @Richard Partin Yeah you’re right, but removal by the Senate ain’t gonna happen with today’s Republicans; not without a Colonel Jessup moment. It can be argued that he’s already confessed to multiple crimes on national television. It says a lot that he’s too mentally weak to speak for himself under oath, but he’s OK to be president?

    2. They have to drag it out until November 2020 because the DNC doesn’t have a viable candidate to run fairly against Trump.

    1. @Steffan Helle the only thing “broiling” is your fawning adoration and boy band hero worship of the sex offender in chief _maybe_ you can sit on his lap someday

    2. @-Kinder- Martinni Bataan SEX OFFENDER? ANY PROOF ? CLINTON WAS A SEX OFFENDER AND STILL IS AND SO MANY PEDO DEMOCRATS.. STOP BELIEVING CNN …idk HOW ANYONE COULD TRUST THIS FAKE NEWS WHEN THEY KEEP GETTING DEBUNKED AND CAUGHT IN LIES.

    1. bob jenkins
      they want Ukraine to be part of Russia again. Making a new Soviet Union. Is Putin’s goal. Once they take control of Europe. They will come for us like never before. They swore would take us down from within. They have our POTUS compromised & many Republican Senators as well. Not so sure a few Democrats on the payroll too. Telling you right now. The Russian mob buys Trump apartments runs human trafficking out of Trump Tower. Is was busted for exactly that the day Maria Butina was arrested. The Media news cycle wasn’t getting as good results with it as Maria so many don’t even know. You have to read this stuff. It’s not on news. Americans need start reading newspapers again. Not national inquirerers. Real News papers. Stop believing a person has been fact-checked in over 13000 lies. It’s time for America to wake up!!!

    2. @Robert Presley he asked about a corruot politician and HISTORY will prove me right and you wrong !!! Mark me !!!!!!

    1. CNN bend all and everything to keep the narrative of bad Trump, it just aint working, we dont believe you, YOU dont believe you, only the hardcore one eyed goats are still hanging on…and it has already backfired….polls show Trump is up up and away, from the weakest demcrat field ever…vote Trump 2020 and give US/us a chance not to sell completely out of common sense, decency and hope…by the way, here is the real Ukraine story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-eglEywvww

    2. @Steffan Helle his corruption is clear as day. Birds of a feather flock together and everyone around him is getting locked up. You keep not believing what your eyes see and ears hear and just keep sipping on that kool aid. Alternate reality. I’m assuming you are okay with having a president that has affairs, cutting taxes for the wealthy, ripping kids from their families, paying $2 million in damages to nonprofit groups after admitted misusing money to promote his presidential bid, pay off business debts and purchase a portrait of himself for one of his hotels. He misuses his power, and obstructs justice, not to mention tries to profit off of the presidency.

    1. @Robert Garcia of course. I don’t understand how it was allowed! Such blatant corruption! What damage he has caused. How many deaths can be lain at his feet? He is inhumane and a monster!

    1. J Groovy the story about Nune last week . That they are being sued for you moron . Plus google all the story’s they had to retract this year . Damn are you ignorant

    2. John Is going to make you mad …Nunez sue? So far empty threats. He can’t sue. Witnesses were in. custody. they reported what they were told. Its being repeated all and now with allegations of financial proof

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