Bloomberg: Parnas received $1 million from Russia. Prosecutors want him in jail.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/giuliani-associate-parnas-got-1-million-from-russia-u-s-says

"There was little detail or explanation about the source or purpose of the payment to Parnas in the court filing. Prosecutors said the money was sent to an account in the name of Parnas’s wife, Svetlana Parnas. It appeared “to be an attempt to ensure that any assets were held in Svetlana’s, rather than Lev’s, name,” prosecutors claimed.

The payment came the same month that Parnas and Fruman received the first of two requests for documents from Congressional committees investigating the Trump administration’s actions in Ukraine. The pair initially refused to comply with the requests, and were arrested days later on a jet bridge at Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C., as they sought to board a plane with one-way tickets to Vienna. Parnas’s lawyer has subsequently said his client is willing to comply with the congressional investigation."

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1. I seriously think Firtash in Vienna, is the Putin backchannel.

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2. I think that if Parnas cuts a plea deal and assists the prosecutors he'll deserve a

reduced sentence. And protection 24/7.

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3. Yes but he first needs to be incarcerated.

[abqtommy]

4. I agree. Lock 'em all up!

[tinrobot]

5. Hopefully not in Epsteins old cell.

If the guy flips, he'll be in serious danger.

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7. At least not with same guards/

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6. and he compromised most of the republicans in congress.