Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Dig Up Dirt
Source: NY Times
IENNA They were two Ukrainian oligarchs with American legal problems. One had been indicted on federal bribery charges. The other was embroiled in a vast banking scandal and was reported to be under investigation by the F.B.I.
And they had one more thing in common: Both had been singled out by Rudolph W. Giuliani and pressed to assist in his wide-ranging hunt for information damaging to one of President Trumps leading political rivals, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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But interviews with the two Ukrainian oligarchs Dmitry Firtash and Ihor Kolomoisky as well as with several other people with knowledge of Mr. Giulianis dealings, point to a new dimension in his exertions on behalf of his client, Mr. Trump. Taken together, they depict a strategy clearly aimed at leveraging information from politically powerful but legally vulnerable foreign citizens.
In the case of Mr. Firtash, an energy tycoon with deep ties to the Kremlin who is facing extradition to the United States on bribery and racketeering charges, one of Mr. Giulianis associates has described offering the oligarch help with his Justice Department problems if Mr. Firtash hired two lawyers who were close to President Trump and were already working with Mr. Giuliani on his dirt-digging mission. Mr. Firtash said the offer was made in late June when he met with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, both Soviet-born businessmen involved in Mr. Giulianis Ukraine pursuit.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/giuliani-ukraine-oligarchs.html
Original reporting from the NY Times this morning. Giuliani is in a heap of trouble. Not gonna help tRump either.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But it is a very interesting story, nonetheless. Putin is apparently putting these guys out there to hurt Ghouliani; he doesn't seem to get that Ghouliani is inextricably linked to Trump and can drag him down further.
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Maybe part of scapegoating Ghouliani. But these things have a way of growing legs...
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)What a stink.
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,385 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,868 posts)Kleptocrats for Oligarchy.
Like Drumpfy, both are wholly owned subsidiaries of PutinPAC.