Posted on 10/06/2019 6:12:11 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trumps main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic.
Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraines massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.
Their plan hit a snag after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lost his reelection bid to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose conversation with Trump about former Vice President Joe Biden is now at the center of the House impeachment inquiry of Trump.
But the effort to install a friendlier management team at the helm of the gas company, Naftogaz, would soon be taken up with Ukraines new president by U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose slate of candidates included a fellow Texan who is one of Perrys past political donors.
Its unclear if Perrys attempts to replace board members at Naftogaz were coordinated with the Giuliani allies pushing for a similar outcome, and no one has alleged that there is criminal activity in any of these efforts. And its unclear what role, if any, Giuliani had in helping his clients push to get gas sales agreements with the state-owned company.
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This is Akinskyesque up and down, project, project, project. Do they not realize that they are not the only ones who read the book.
THIS IS IT! WE GOT THE ORANGE MOFO NOW! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN, MADAM PRESIDENT CLINTON!!
Is it journalism when Democrat thieves try to coverup for other Democrat thieves?
“Its unclear”
I would say a lot is unclear in this story. Fake News through and through.
Another bunch of AP lying leftist bastards smearing Trump. There is nothing in the Trump-Zelensky phone call about the Bidens.
Trump talked about corruption issues.
This is why AP is the worst news syndicate in the US and never to be trusted.
More anonymous sources.
So predictable.
Here comes the puzzle palace with the house of smoke and mirrors again.
Baffle them with BS that sounds just like actual activities of the people you want to protect. Turn it into tit for tat, sounds like political payback.
There is nothing wrong with pressuring. There is no law broken. Its only the SWAMP defending the CIA.
“” “” Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraines massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.”” “”
LOL. Name at least one of Trump kids on board of that companies:)
“” “” If true, this would have helped Americas gas exports to Ukraine at the expense of Russia. Whats the problem? The media has NOTHING, and are getting desperate.”” “”
Who are to pay for it? The deadbeats never paid for anything.
At least they werent stealing donated money from poor Haitian earthquake victims like the Clintons did.
The Ass. Press. Be skeptical.
Innuendo and lies. This is all they’ve got.
Even with the spin this doesn’t smell like what Biden did...no talk of quid pro quo or that they had Trump’s sanction until Perry got involved in an official way to lobby for US interests.
Remember close to Deutschland turned out to be most likely standing on the sidewalk.
How did you get those tickets?
I get emails from Trump 2020
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