Every media outlet has ignored the QUESTION regarding the Parnas tape.

[Grasswire2]

Ask Lev, or his lawyer, what he understood Trump to be saying.

And if the answer is "he wanted us to get her fired"

Then the next question is "how did he expect you to fire a state dept employee?"

And the most direct question is "Did you have any feeling that he wanted physical harm to come to her?"

Come on, MSM!! They were all having drinks and dinner at the Trump Bar.

[triron]

1. They are pushing the kindest narrative --that Trump wanted her fired. I say bullshit.

[Grasswire2]

2. yep

really really scared of going deeper at this point.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. But HOW?

There is a huge meaning difference between "Get rid of her." and "Take her out."

[Beartracks]

10. And he didn't mean take her out to dinner. n/t

[tulipsandroses]

3. That question was asked of Lev's Lawyer. Trump was not asking Lev to fire her.

That was addressed on Rachel Maddow's show. As far as firing Yavanovitch - The lawyer said that Trump was asking Johnny DeStefano and other staffers not Parnas.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Yes, I heard Rachel say "threaten her life" but sort of

quickly, not wanting to really devote much time to it though.

[cilla4progress]

7. But how was this a legit thing to say

With parnas and fruman present?

Back channels much?

[Grasswire2]

9. I did not hear him say whether or not Trump was ordering physical harm. nt

[stopdiggin]

6. maybe because their narrative makes more sense

than the gangland slaying of a U.S. ambassador?
Or because Trump could have had her dismissed (as he eventually did 13 months later) at any time he chose to?

[brettdale]

8. again I have said in several threads

The fact that is still not being talked 24/7 disgusts me.

[Beartracks]

11. The media doesn't seem to be able to believe a smoking gun could be smoking. n/t

[erlewyne]

12. You're Fired!

Why didn't pResident tRump say that a year ago? It was his unquestionable right.

What a sleaze-bag!

[onenote]

13. A lot of the discussion ignores that Trump's command was directed to John DeStefano

DeStefano was the same aide that wrote the letter telling Sally Yates she had been fired by Trump. So why didn't DeStefano carry out Trump's command with respect to Yovonovitch? Good question. My guess is that DeStefano talked to someone at the State Department and was tol ignore Trump's order--something which we know aides did not infrequently. Trump's attention span being that of a gnat, he moves on and forgets about her for the next year. But the whole Ukraine/Biden thing gets going and he realizes she's still there, so this time he fires her. And, coincidentally (or not) John DeStefano, the guy who didn't carry out that command a year earlier, resigns the same day Yovonovitch is fired.

[malaise]

14. Great post

Rec