Posted on 09/20/2019 7:55:20 PM PDT by bitt
When I was a young journalist decades ago, training to cover Washington, one of my mentors offered sage advice: When it comes to U.S. intelligence and diplomacy, things often arent what they first seem.
Those words echo in my brain today, as much as they did that first day. And following the news recently, I realize they are just as relevant today with hysteria regarding presidential lawyer Rudy Giulianis contacts with Ukraines government.
The coverage suggests Giuliani reached out to new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskys team this summer solely because he wanted to get dirt on possible Trump 2020 challenger Joe Biden and his son Hunters business dealings in that country.
Politics or law could have been part of Giulianis motive, and neither would be illegal.
But there is a missing part of the story that the American public needs in order to assess what really happened: Giulianis contact with Zelensky adviser and attorney Andrei Yermak this summer was encouraged and facilitated by the U.S. State Department.
Giuliani didnt initiate it. A senior U.S. diplomat contacted him in July and asked for permission to connect Yermak with him.
Then, Giuliani met in early August with Yermak on neutral ground in Spain before reporting back to State everything that occurred at the meeting.
That debriefing occurred Aug. 11 by phone with two senior U.S. diplomats, one with responsibility for Ukraine and the other with responsibility for the European Union, according to electronic communications records I reviewed and interviews I conducted.
When asked on Friday, Giuliani confirmed to me that the State Department asked him to take the Yermak meeting and that he did, in fact, apprise U.S. officials every step of the way.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
When will the ‘rats & their media stop calling all the shots and justice be served on their filthy nests? Is there the slightest hint that DoJ is looking at the Biden/Ukraine connection?
Trump is viewed as a short timer by the Uniparty. He gets no support on his flanks so naturally the Ukraininas are going to play the long game and do whatever the Uniparty wants. In this case it is is obstructing the investigation into Biden Jr.
2370... right now we have to impeach Trump because he talked to the Ukraine about Biden's corruption.
But the Ukrainians have offered to turn evidence over to DoJ but are repeatedly blocked from doing so by our side.
Nope. A brokered convention will pick Hellary with Moochie as VP.
A talk radio show I follow suggested a 5-day waiting period for all these Trump is a criminal stories because thats the average time it takes for the hit pieces to fall apart. h/t A&G.
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RICH! lol
I like Solomon but had to read through five paragraphs before finding out what hes takking about.
bump
If it’s got anything to do with incriminating evidence against Biden, it’s collusion, because it might prevent him from becoming POTUS, which means the Trump Administration is not allowed to investigate. Using the power of the government to do anything other than self-destruct is an impeachable offense./sarc
By May 2019, Yovanovitch was replaced. I bet she has a lot to answer for.
LINK.
They’re cute when they’re crazy.
Nope....shell be VP....probably with Biden.
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Could be.
Two white-bread, Northeast, elitist candidates with a combined age of 146 years, with Warren’s schoolmarm, ex-wife demeanor more than cancelling out Biden’s “good old Joe” charm. Yeah, that’s the ticket! Go Joe!
If I was caught doing something ethical or illegal I would declare myself a whistle-blower.
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