It also includes a previously undisclosed May 2019 letter from Giuliani to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The House Intelligence Committee released new evidence on Tuesday related to the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, including information turned over by Lev Parnas, an indicted former associate of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
The release, which reflects the unfinished nature of the House’s impeachment inquiry, comes ahead of an expected House vote on Wednesday to formally send the impeachment articles to the Senate for a trial.
“Despite unprecedented obstruction by the president, the committee continues to receive and review potentially relevant evidence and will make supplemental transmittals,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote Tuesday to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), whose panel is responsible for compiling the complete record of the investigation ahead of the Senate’s trial.
The material released on Tuesday contains several handwritten notes, emails, encrypted messages, and other documents that underscore the close relationship between Parnas and Giuliani, who was actively pursuing an effort last year to push the Ukrainian government to announce investigations targeting Trump’s political rivals. The documents also complicate one of Trump’s oft-stated defenses of his actions toward Ukraine.
A previously undisclosed May 2019 letter from Giuliani to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is among the tranche of documents the Democrat-led committee made public on Tuesday.
In the letter, which was obtained from Parnas’ cell phone that was turned over the Intelligence Committee on Sunday, Giuliani asked for a half-hour meeting with Zelensky as the former New York City mayor was pursuing investigations targeting former Vice President Joe Biden — and Giuliani made clear that he was acting with Trump’s “knowledge and consent” and in his capacity as a “personal” attorney for the president. Trump, though, has stated that he was acting on behalf of the U.S. government when he allegedly pushed for the investigations.
“In my capacity as personal counsel to President Trump and with his knowledge and consent, I request a meeting with you on this upcoming Monday, May 13th or Tuesday, May 14th,” Giuliani wrote in the letter, which was obtained from a screenshot contained on Parnas’ phone.
One of the documents included in the disclosure is a handwritten note by Parnas that states: “Get Zelensky to announce that the Biden case will be investigated.” Another refers to Lanny Davis, the attorney representing Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen: “Get rid of Lanny Davis (nicely!)”
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Breaking news: The House Intelligence Committee released new evidence related to Trump's impeachment inquiry, including information from Lev Parnas, an indicted former associate of Rudy Giuliani https://t.co/XXkAkozny2
— POLITICO (@politico) January 14, 2020the day before this letter was written, rudy told the nyt exactly what he aimed to do in ukraine and acknowledged that trump was supporting his efforts https://t.co/JG6hfo8cLR
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 14, 2020
Um holy sh*t. This certainly makes it sound like Parnas and co. were actively tracking Yovanovitch's movements. This could explain why Yovanovitch was moved out of Ukraine so quickly. https://t.co/4rBRB06ZGN pic.twitter.com/5Gc8WcGPih
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 14, 2020
The more I look over these texts, I am seriously worried they were planning to murder an American diplomat. https://t.co/vVBjCxY3LK
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) January 14, 2020
Imagine if Obama or Hillary Clinton had been even *remotely associated* with something like this. https://t.co/6kG22hqrYf
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 14, 2020
Rudy's going to jail and Parnas might make a deal.
There are only two important questions.
1.) What did Trump know and when did he know it?
2.) What did Pompeo know and when did he know it?— Casey Nikoloric (@CaseyNikoloric) January 15, 2020
It’s hard to view this as anything but a plot to kidnap and/or assassinate a sitting United States Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/ShmPd1eMfB
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) January 15, 2020
As a former mafia prosecutor, this sure sounds like a mob hit was being planned on a public servant in a foreign country by associates of the POTUS. A POTUS who said she was “going to go through some things.” This takes Trump’s lawlessness & misogny to new level. https://t.co/Cx5S0u4vQP
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) January 15, 2020
NEW: Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador’s ouster, newly released materials show. By @paulsonne @PostRoz @thamburger https://t.co/vKbZrG1Cbd
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) January 15, 2020
If Rudy has a law license by 2021, the Bar Association should just start certifying mattress tags as law licenses and consider Bar Association meetings as therapy sessions so that people who are unhappy in their profession can share with others who made the wrong choices in life. https://t.co/oBwrznMwXA
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 15, 2020
Yet another reason why it was Susan Collins, more than Trump, who convinced me the GOP was dead and should be driven from power. https://t.co/qcyoH5vY4b
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 15, 2020
Anyone who thought the Trump impeachment was a rush to judgment should be glad that we have the Parmas documents before the Senate begins its trial.
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) January 15, 2020
Sen. Schumer: "Part of the plot to remove Amb. Yovanovitch involved hiring a cheap Republican operative to follow her around and monitor her movements. How low can they go?" pic.twitter.com/Pg3TGuRx6U
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2020
For the record:
👉Parnas didn't agree to hand over his Iphone data & other docus until Dec. 30, several days AFTER the House had voted on impeachment articles.
👉(Parnas became cooperative AFTER firing Trump's former attorney (who Trump approved to rep Parnas), Dowd.) https://t.co/nYuf0Bfefw
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) January 19, 2020
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