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Kid Berwyn

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34. Rudy Giuliani Too Disreputable For Ukrainian Oligarch Facing Federal Indictment
Sat May 8, 2021, 07:58 AM
May 2021
I don't know her!

By ELIZABETH DYE
Above the Law, May 3, 2021

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Rudy’s reputation has gotten so bad that even a shady oligarch like Dmitry Firtash, currently facing extradition from Vienna to the United States on bribery charges, is very hot to let the world know that he’s not with Rudy. Federal prosecutors have described this guy as belonging to a cadre of “upper-echelon associates of Russian organized crime,” and still Firtash is scrambling to put some distance between himself and the former president’s clown lawyer.

In 2019, Firtash told the New York Times that Giuliani approached him with a deal to get the Justice Department to drop the case against him in return for dirt on Joe Biden. Giuliani told him to fire Lanny Davis, his Democratically aligned attorney, and replace him with Victoria Toensing and her husband Joe diGenova, conservative media stars who worked with Giuliani to advance his bogus claims about the current president. Firtash did what he was told, and indeed Toensing did manage to secure facetime with then Attorney General Bill Barr to discuss Firtash’s case.

But that was then, and this is now. As Talking Points Memo points out, Firtash has given Toensing, who also got a visit from the DOJ’s cellphone collection squad, the boot. He’s back with Davis, who put out a statement Friday with his colleague Dan Webb denying any involvement in the search for dirt on Joe Biden and his son.

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Mr. Firtash’s new-old attorneys failed to explain how their client’s name wound up on that affidavit. Or how Giuliani’s buddy Lev Parnas, currently under federal indictment himself, wound up with a $1 million loan from Firtash’s lawyer. Or exactly why he needed Parnas as a “translator” when he was working with Toensing and diGenova. The important thing is that “he did not have any information, did not collect any information, and did not finance anyone who would collect that information.”

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https://abovethelaw.com/2021/05/rudy-giuliani-too-disreputable-for-ukrainian-oligarch-facing-federal-indictment/

PS: It would almost be funny were it not for all the death and destruction etc. etc. etc. the planet’s criminal ultra rich have wrought to protect their privilege and power.

Most importantly: Great to read ya, smirkymonkey!

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Getting ever more fascinating. Down the rabbit hole we go. triron Apr 2021 #1
The Story Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #2
In the immortal words of Joe DiGenova... czarjak Apr 2021 #3
Dmitryo Firtash hired Ms. Toensig and Mr. DiGenova Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #9
Enjoy the baloney sandwiches, Rotten Rudy Jailiani. Hassler Apr 2021 #4
Rudy rubbing the Big Cheese Bigly. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #10
None of them will be prosecuted. brooklynite May 2021 #32
Lev Parnas, next to Rudy, is under indictment right now. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #35
What does his indictment have to do with prosecuting the media? brooklynite May 2021 #37
You wrote no one will be prosecuted. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #39
going to need a truck load of beer & popcorn for this mess of shit !! jail m all ! monkeyman1 Apr 2021 #5
Get your program here! Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #11
Interesting chart, but I suspect it's incomplete. GoCubsGo Apr 2021 #19
BGR (Haley Barbour & Associates) Kid Berwyn May 2021 #23
K&R genxlib Apr 2021 #6
This guy wrote a book, using publicly available sources... Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #12
Wrong! Fox is an entertainment network and they proclaim it. Smackdown2019 Apr 2021 #7
Rupert Murdoch, his spawn and News Corp call it "Fox News." Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #13
I hope they are as screwed as they seem to be, and as screwed as they deserve to be. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #8
"The soon to be gotten rid of number." Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #14
I saw a completely hilarious clip on FB today that my wife found. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #15
That is a great clip. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #20
Recent events, against a backdrop of constant attack causing the erosion of social and political... BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #22
Not clear why Fox News/Newsmax/OAN are "in trouble" brooklynite Apr 2021 #16
Siding with Putin, advancing Putin's agenda, disinforming USA. Stuff like that. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #17
And how are they IN TROUBLE? brooklynite Apr 2021 #18
While I'm not in charge of their prosecution... Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #21
K&R UTUSN May 2021 #24
Comrade Capitalism Kid Berwyn May 2021 #28
K and R! panader0 May 2021 #25
The Big Picture Kid Berwyn May 2021 #29
Interesting scarytomcat May 2021 #26
Felix Sater, FBI Informant TT Kid Berwyn May 2021 #31
Just realized your connection to Octofish! Whoa. Judi Lynn May 2021 #27
Hiya, Judi Lynn! Kid Berwyn May 2021 #33
K&R smirkymonkey May 2021 #30
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