Trump's Ego Makes Him an Easy Mark

[JonLP24]

How a Ukrainian oligarch pulled the president’s strings in service of his own agenda.

(snip)

On Tuesday, U.S. prosecutors announced that Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash paid Parnas $1 million, which would be in addition to the $1.2 million Firtash paid lawyers Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova. That might explain why the FBI was looking into the possibility that a foreign influence operation was using Giuliani to make inroads with the White House.

As a reminder, Firtash is an “upper echelon” associate of Russian organized crime with close ties to the Kremlin. He currently lives in Vienna, awaiting extradition to the U.S. on bribery and racketeering charges. This is the guy who was paying Parnas, Toensing, and diGenova, who were then passing some of that cash on to Giuliani.

(snip)

But according to Betsy Swan and Adam Rawnsley, Firtash also has a personal beef with Joe Biden.

Two Ukrainian gas industry experts say the gas-market reforms pushed by Biden and others in 2014 and 2015 hit Firtash in the wallet, and badly. One knowledgeable outside observer estimated that the 2014 and 2015 gas reforms and legislation cost him hundreds of millions of dollars.

On Dec. 9, 2015, Biden gave a speech to Ukraine’s parliament. He praised the protesters who forced out Ukraine’s Russia-friendly president, he recited Ukrainian poetry, and he called for reforms to Ukraine’s gas market, too.

“The energy sector needs to be competitive, ruled by market principles—not sweetheart deals,” he said, basking in the audience’s repeated applause.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/12/18/trumps-ego-makes-him-an-easy-mark/

I'm posting in primaries to be on the safe side as my excerpt mentions Joe Biden (in a positive light) but I encourage reading the whole article. It explains what is going on with Giuliani-Ukraine-Trump.

[True Blue American]

1. Great read.

Long story short. Biden cut off their crooked money pipeline. Rudy, Joe and Victoria cashed in. They all hate Joe Biden because he is honest and exposed their corruption.

So, like Trump they use projection.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

2. Thanks. This is becoming clearer by the day. Why has Giuliani not been indicted, arrested?

[2naSalit]

3. Being

used as a "judas" to show where the bodies are hidden.