Did Pelosi know about the Parnas bombshell and hold the Articles to give it time to explode?

[StarfishSaver]

[dewsgirl]

1. This is exactly my line of thinking.

[PJMcK]

2. Speaker Pelosi knows many things

Bank on it.

[ok_cpu]

3. It sure seems that way.

She appears to be playing this perfectly. She has them so far over their skis defending tRump and the whole Ukraine affair.

[dewsgirl]

34. Thank God we have the brains on our side.

[mcar]

4. It sure is explosive

All the pundits who have been slamming her (looking at you, Cillizza) should be a wee bit embarrassed right now.



Who am I kidding?

[dem4decades]

8. I don't know Cillizza but The Pod Save America guys say he's an idiot.

I guess he is.

[OnDoutside]

25. He's a sleazebag. Was on board with Trump, with Joe & Mika (from their hot mic recording). Hope he

has his comeuppance some day.

[DeminPennswoods]

38. Doubt Cilliza'a Trumper, but his stick is the same as

Dana Millbank and others who think their snark opinions are great analysis.

[OnDoutside]

44. I didn't say he was a Trumper. On the hot mic between Trump,

Joe and Mika, Joe said that Cilizza was "on board". He's just a snakey amoral Bollix.

[dewsgirl]

35. It was excellent timing as far as the bullshit CNN pulled

yesterday. Their chyron said, something about an impeachment fail and then, boom that story dropped on us like a nuke.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Brilliant!

[onecaliberal]

6. I'm 99% certain.

[Hortensis]

7. I'm never afraid and I'm rarely surprised." Pelosi

[Hekate]

11. That quote should be cross-stitched on a framed sampler

[Hortensis]

15. :) Something for every aspirant to power to hang on the wall.

I'm sure McConnell and McCarthy really hate it, but being the bad guys means a whole lot of people really don't like them and feel a need to stop them. And after all these decades of being a people collector, Pelosi's friends and connections, and theirs, and theirs, are practically everywhere.

[Sugarcoated]

30. For real

[tinrobot]

9. A bombshell dropping the day before the vote? What a coincidence!

She's a master tactician.

[StarfishSaver]

10. Hmmm

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

12. Zap! rofl

[JHB]

32. New portrait leaked

[dewsgirl]

36. lol....the timing was epic.😂

[Leghorn21]

13. According to me,

OH HELL YEAH SHE DID



Oh, and I bet Lev’s just gettin started, so stand by, all!!

[Phoenix61]

14. She's one of the Gang of Eight, right?

So yes, I’m sure she has all types of information we will never even get a hint of.

[Midnightwalk]

16. That was my guess over the weekend

But I’m sure there were other considerations such as getting the trial over so democratic senators can campaign. And other reasons I can’t think of.

I’m sure she gets some things wrong, but I learned a while ago to wait a while before second guessing. The reasons seem to always come out and make sense in retrospect.

[Grasswire2]

17. Barr's action today is pretty coinkydink. nt

[DallasNE]

21. Barr's Spin Today Was Inaccurate

He said that no presidential campaign can be investigated again without his signoff.

First off, Rosenstein did not open an investigation on the Trump campaign. Rosenstein opened a criminal investigation that happened to involve the Trump campaign. Huge difference.

[True Blue American]

27. Barr Seems to forget he is only there for a little while

To quote that old song.

[Quackers]

18. Could there still be hope Trump is impeached after this?

Seems like a lot of these documents blow the hell out of the gray area the Republicans were hiding in.

[Hugin]

24. Trump is already Impeached.

The Senate trial is to determine if Trump should be removed from office based on that Impeachment

[Quackers]

46. I understand.

Guess I was just using generic terms. What I meant was, would it be enough to sway them to convict? But from the looks of it, they’re not going to let any of this new stuff in. Now the Parnas guy seems to be going public on everything. He just publicly said he was there at the direction of Trump and Giuliani to get dirt on Biden and work out a deal.

[Flaleftist]

19. Could be. She might know a lot of things.

Give her position, I'd think any information about Trump and his criminal dealings that comes across anyone who give a shit about their country would find its way to her.

[DallasNE]

20. A Week Ago When Nancy Announced She Was Sending The Impeachment To The Senate This Week

I asked, what did Nancy know that we don't know. Today we got our answer.

[Hortensis]

22. One of probably many anyway. :)

When the gates broke open on Trump-Russia, the press became believers and got on it, leakers became emboldened, etc, new information has been coming out week after week.

I'm sure Trump-Ukraine is just the top of one iceberg, the focus of the impeachment but hardly Trump's only criminal activities while in office, much less his entire criminal career.

[Pachamama]

23. +100000

Agree Completely- I believe she knows about much more to come

[MFM008]

26. Nancy knows all

[duforsure]

28. I think Speaker Pelosi has a lot more information than just this with Parnas,

And is letting Moscow Mitch to walk into a trap, and if they refuse to convict she'll have them where she wants them , and exposes a lot more info they don't know she has on trump and them. She's letting them get deeper and deeper then showing their intent , cover up, and many crimes they are involved in, and will have them all exposed . Has trump been illegally eavesdropping on a lot of people , and they have the goods against him, and money bribes , and money laundering going on?

[padah513]

29. This right here

[underpants]

31. Just read up on the Parnas documents. WOW

Well played Madam Speaker.

[kentuck]

33. We love Nancy...

...but I think we have to be careful not to mythologize to the level of Robert Mueller.

I do believe she has the patience of a saint.

[MrsCoffee]

37. Nancy is a freakin legend.

Your “but” is completely ridiculous and unnecessary.

[StarfishSaver]

40. No one is"mythologizing" Pelosi

MShe's being given props for things she's actually done/is doing that we can see the results of in real time.

[kentuck]

42. And we shouldn't ...

Nobody mythologized Robert Mueller either.

She deserves all the props she is getting.

[DeminPennswoods]

39. Parnas has signaled for weeks he had info he wanted to share

and has been doing so for at least the past week with the House Intell Cmte. Schiff surely kept Pelosi apprised of what was revealed in the phone records, emails and other documents. Given this, it wouldn't surprise me that Pelosi timed up sending the articles to give not just Parnas' stuff, but all the other reporting that's happened since the impeachment vote to come out.

[PubliusEnigma]

41. Of course, she did. Nancy doesn't play dice. ;)

[MineralMan]

43. Could be. Could well be...

[pnwmom]

45. Of course. He was arrested October 10.

And he and his attorney have been offering to provide evidence to the House since November.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kzpg/rudys-indicted-associate-lev-parnas-could-point-to-the-next-impeachment-bombshell

[Laura PourMeADrink]

47. And not have him as witness was just brilliant!