Parnas spoke to me over the weekend from his home in Boca Raton, Florida, where he lives with his wife and six kids. I asked what he thought about Ukraine. After all, he’s been at the center of the most recent drama between the U.S. and the region, so his perspective is worth hearing.
Vicki... please consider me a fan... and a new one... but the interview on Ukraine left out some details that I think are relevant to the story if someone does not have a "hate Trump" bumper sticker." 1) Crimea was invaded and taken over on Obama's watch. 2) The Hunter Biden Director fees is relevant and deserves to be called "corruption" hiding in plain sight. 3) Trump had many issues to contend with in his first 2 years in office and it is possible that he did not stop to focus on Ukraine given focus on ISIS, Afghanistan, tax policy, economic malaise and endless "Russian Collusion" investigations. It is not unimaginable that he was not a policy expert on nearly 200 countries in the world. Also, I think that Parnas may be trying to sanitize his standing in light of his dealings. I respect that you have to be friendly to get the story. But I think the context is important. I am not trying to be am apologist for Trump. He has plenty of responsibility for his predicament and hope he does not run again because there are several excellent R alternatives. I am still a fan but think some context is warranted in this story. Just finished "Chasing Guislaine." Ready to start other books by you. Steve
The UK had alleged that Burisma was a part of a money laundering scheme. Zlochevsky responded by changing board members which included the former president of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, who has stated that last name notoriety was why Hunter was a candidate to serve on the board. Hunter has a U.S. law degree but legal issues were managed in Ukraine. Subsequent to board member changes, issues were settled in Ukrainian courts with Burisma paying out funds.
I would add the "corruption" of Hunter Biden was not necessarily a clandestine "quid-pro-quo" but the inexplicable amount he was paid (far more than Fortune 500 companies) AND that he had NO RELEVANT experience to serve on the Board. It is hiding in plain sight.
Vicki... please consider me a fan... and a new one... but the interview on Ukraine left out some details that I think are relevant to the story if someone does not have a "hate Trump" bumper sticker." 1) Crimea was invaded and taken over on Obama's watch. 2) The Hunter Biden Director fees is relevant and deserves to be called "corruption" hiding in plain sight. 3) Trump had many issues to contend with in his first 2 years in office and it is possible that he did not stop to focus on Ukraine given focus on ISIS, Afghanistan, tax policy, economic malaise and endless "Russian Collusion" investigations. It is not unimaginable that he was not a policy expert on nearly 200 countries in the world. Also, I think that Parnas may be trying to sanitize his standing in light of his dealings. I respect that you have to be friendly to get the story. But I think the context is important. I am not trying to be am apologist for Trump. He has plenty of responsibility for his predicament and hope he does not run again because there are several excellent R alternatives. I am still a fan but think some context is warranted in this story. Just finished "Chasing Guislaine." Ready to start other books by you. Steve
The UK had alleged that Burisma was a part of a money laundering scheme. Zlochevsky responded by changing board members which included the former president of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, who has stated that last name notoriety was why Hunter was a candidate to serve on the board. Hunter has a U.S. law degree but legal issues were managed in Ukraine. Subsequent to board member changes, issues were settled in Ukrainian courts with Burisma paying out funds.
I would add the "corruption" of Hunter Biden was not necessarily a clandestine "quid-pro-quo" but the inexplicable amount he was paid (far more than Fortune 500 companies) AND that he had NO RELEVANT experience to serve on the Board. It is hiding in plain sight.