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ffr

(22,671 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 04:54 PM Oct 2019

CNN: Viktor Shokin, the guy Joe Biden pushed to have removed, was to interview in Vienna w/ Hannity

How two businessmen hustled to profit from access to Rudy Giuliani and the Trump administration
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An aborted trip to Vienna

Two weeks ago when they were arrested, Parnas and Fruman were preparing to fly to Vienna, Austria, to meet Giuliani and another key figure in the impeachment investigation, Ukraine's former prosecutor general Viktor Shokin, according to four sources familiar with their trip. Shokin is the same Ukrainian official who former Vice President Joe Biden -- along with other Western leaders -- had pushed to have removed over concerns he wasn't prosecuting corruption.

While questions in Washington swirl around Shokin's role in this controversy, Giuliani, Parnas, Fruman had specific plans for the former Ukrainian official up until the day of their arrest. According to those four sources, they told others they were headed to Vienna to help with a planned interview the next day: Shokin, they said, was scheduled to do an interview from the Austrian capital with Sean Hannity. - CNN


How deep into this scandal and how long has Sean Hannity known about Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman?

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CNN: Viktor Shokin, the guy Joe Biden pushed to have removed, was to interview in Vienna w/ Hannity (Original Post) ffr Oct 2019 OP
Then why did they purchase one-way tickets? sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #1
? Not sure I understand the question ffr Oct 2019 #2
Parnas and Fruman were arrested with one-way tickets to Vienna. sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #5
We all know that, it's even in this story. They were to fly to Vienna ffr Oct 2019 #6
No. Why wouldn't they be returning to the US after the interview? sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #7
That might explain the Barr and Murdoch meeting malaise Oct 2019 #3
Thank you, ffr! Cha Oct 2019 #4
My pleasure, Cha! ffr Oct 2019 #11
LOL Scurrilous Oct 2019 #8
Damn! I'd love to see Slanthead get sucked into this mess and end up serving time. 😈 madinmaryland Oct 2019 #9
From the article... Grins Oct 2019 #10

ffr

(22,671 posts)
6. We all know that, it's even in this story. They were to fly to Vienna
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 05:29 PM
Oct 2019

to coordinate Shokin's interview with Sean Hannity.

Does that help answer your question? I'm just repeating what I posted above.

Grins

(7,227 posts)
10. From the article...
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 05:44 PM
Oct 2019
“Through a spokesperson, Hannity said that "we never reveal our sources, potential sources, or persons they may or may not request to interview. Sean Hannity takes the first amendment seriously."

I’ll bet ”Client #3” now takes the 5th Amendment even more seriously.
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