US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

But of course

SCOOP: Lindsey Graham was pranked by the same Russians who got to Adam Schiff. In a call with the "Turkish defense minister," he called the Kurdish YPG a "threat" and said Trump "wants to be helpful, within the limits of his power" in the Reza Zarrab case. https://t.co/k7479NIkCC

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 10, 2019

he's probably right! xpost

Bloomberg reported last night that Trump pressured Tillerson to ask DOJ to drop the Zarrab case. Graham suggested Trump would try to help as best he could. “I think President Trump likes President Erdogan. I think he’s a strong man and we need to deal with strong people."

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 10, 2019

how are Alabama autumns

racist

Thus, beautiful.

Rudy's all "OOH PICK ME" re the third bit.

BREAKING: A judge has approved a bail package for Parnas and Fruman, they'll be released once conditions are met:
- $1M bond each
- Home detention + GPS/location monitoring
- 3rd party custodian responsible
- Can only travel to SDNY and SDFL, and must get approval first

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 10, 2019

I refuse to be left hanging like this https://t.co/GMGt93mIcI pic.twitter.com/xAe1IQ0Aio

— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) October 10, 2019

Totally a normal way to cover this story pic.twitter.com/MV0J8YiksY

— David Marcus (@davidimarcus) October 10, 2019

Why are you even floating the possibility of bail to such obvious flight risks (read: people who very nearly fled the country). Why. Why. Just fucking why.

without bail they'd probably just be found dead in their cells

Yeah was just going to posit that it might be to avoid the Epstein Special.

Also, passports already confiscated per Tillman's follow-up tweets.

Meantime.

House impeachment investigators are subpoenaing Perry's documents relating to Ukraine, Giuliani, Parnas and Fruman.

Perry has until Oct. 18 to turn em over. pic.twitter.com/6opbAVT28D

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 10, 2019

Oopsy (but also, obvious)

Rudy Giuliani’s financial dealings with two associates indicted on campaign finance-related charges are under scrutiny by investigators overseeing the case, law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said.
W/ @evanperez

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) October 10, 2019

Giuliani told CNN he is not aware of any law enforcement scrutiny on his financial dealings with the men and he said he has not been interviewed by the FBI in the investigation.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) October 10, 2019

🐦[Totally a normal way to cover this story pic.twitter.com/MV0J8YiksY🕸
— David Marcus (@davidimarcus) October 10, 2019🕸]🐦

I guess the timeline is this?

SDNY told Barr yesterday that they going to arrest these guys.

Rudy had lunch with the guys yesterday.

They buy tickets to Vienna and are arrested at airport yesterday evening.

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:58 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

while i am still of the belief that absolutely no one of any consequence will get in any real trouble, this looks pretty bad. esp since if they still got caught it's because feds anticipated the leak and planned accordingly

https://politics.theonion.com/they-can-t-arrest-both-of-us-says-giuliani-handcuffi-1838947437

Pete Sessions suddenly loquacious.

MORE: "I was first approached by these individuals for a meeting about the strategic need for Ukraine to become energy independent. There was no request in that meeting and I took no action. Over time, I recall that there were a couple additional meetings..."

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) October 10, 2019

Aw.

SESSIONS CONCLUDES: "I have been friends with Rudy Giuliani for more than 30 years. I do not know what his business or legal activities in Ukraine have been.”

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) October 10, 2019

while i am still of the belief that absolutely no one of any consequence will get in any real trouble, this looks pretty bad. esp since if they still got caught it's because feds anticipated the leak and planned accordingly

to be fair if I worked in this administration and saw all the shit they were getting away with on a daily basis I'd probably think the laws don't apply to me either

Why, what could it mean.

NEWS - Bill Barr met privately with Rupert Murdoch last night during his trip to NYC. @ktbenner and me https://t.co/j5wfFlXMQK

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 10, 2019

One thing it may mean, is that Maggie Haberman may eventually become something resembling a real journalist, but I consider that a long shot while she remains a White House correspondent.

Great confidence!

Q: Are you concerned that Rudy Giuliani could be indicted?
Trump: I hope not.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 10, 2019

Why, what could it mean.

Saturday evening talk show for spring '20 season

you hope ur not concerned or.. xp

waiting for trump to disavow even knowing rudy

'we ran into each other a few times in the nineties, that's it'

yeah I know "pardons for all" gets thrown around a lot in these discussions but Trump doesn't work that way, he has no loyalty to anyone and in someone gets busted his reaction is "never liked that guy anyway"

which is gonna be hilarious when Junior gets charged

Yes, and that continues to make me very curious about his continued expressions of loyalty to Manafort.

I mean, it's Donald Trump, it is almost certainly exactly what you think it is

So assured

Asked about two men with ties to Rudy Giuliani arrested earlier today, Pres. Trump says, "I don't know those gentlemen. Now, it's possible I have a picture with them, because I have a picture with everybody."

"Maybe they were clients of Rudy," he adds. "You'd have to ask Rudy." pic.twitter.com/EzCIEA6QMz

— ABC News (@ABC) October 10, 2019

It begins.

gettin crowded under that bus

Meanwhile, some Nevada specific fun about all this

Here's our story on the indictments of Rudy's Ukraine-linked pals and the NV connections. Note @RileySnyder found video of the event with Rudy, Tark and Parnas because of course he did. And the date of the fundraiser mentioned in the indictment? Same as huge Trump rally in Elko. https://t.co/X7nrqY7vne

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) October 10, 2019

“Doesn’t know the man” but took a max contribution of $10K. Hilarious. Good answer! And where would they get the idea he would “green-light” their scheme. I wonder. https://t.co/GWQGi7YNJw

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) October 10, 2019

One other thing on Team Laxalt line that he "doesn't know the man." Said man, according to indictment, attended a Laxalt fundraiser. So Laxalt didn't know the guy who maxed out to him and came to his $$ event. I find this to be totally believable, actually.

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) October 10, 2019

this guy gets it. this is essentially an organized crime case.

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/465104-schiff-should-consider-using-rico-to-organize-the-impeachment

Funny how it works:

Scoop: Rudy Giuliani was also planning to head to Vienna tonight--one day after Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were trying to do the same with one-way tickets. https://t.co/e4lJr6V3Z5

— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) October 10, 2019

This morning, Giuliani told me he’d have to reschedule our lunch. I’ve tried to reach him since then, to discuss Parnas’s and Fruman’s arrests, among other things, to no avail. When I called at 3 p.m. ET to ask about his Vienna trip, a woman claiming to be his communications director answered the phone. I have called him more than 100 times over the past year, and this is the first time that has ever happened. She said she’d have to get back to me. As we spoke, I could hear a voice that resembled Giuliani’s shout “asshole” in the background. “Oh, sorry,” the woman told me. “He was talking to the TV.”

One guy that is all up in this shit doing who knows what is Bill Barr. That fucker needs to go

That Pete Sessions story reads like this guy to me.

It’s a near certainty that Dmytro Firtash is mixed up in this. He’s in Vienna fighting extradition to the US and has just replaced his legal team with two Giuliani associates (diGenova and Toensing).

on the train headed for the anti Trump rally.... I'll say hi to the chuds

Re Rudy's new twist:

he was literally the third man! https://t.co/TX9V1o35KO

— PAPPADEMAS (@PAPPADEMAS) October 10, 2019

Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time you straighten right out
Creating problems in town

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-10-10-2019/index.html

President Trump signaled today that he may not let former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testify on Capitol Hill tomorrow, continuing the White House’s efforts to force a House vote on impeachment.

“I just don’t think, you’re running a country, I just don’t think that you can have all of these people testifying about every conversation you’ve had,” Trump said when asked if he would let Yovanovitch testify.

I just don't think you're running a country either

Looking forward to the 35 volume equivalent of All the President’s Men for the Trump era

this shit's moving so fast, it's hard to keep up.

also, good luck keeping Yovanovitch from testifying. she has zero motivation to listen to the Trump jokers at all.

What could he do besides fire her?

she's already fired, no? can you assert presidential privilege over private citizens?

Yea she's already out