The two pals of Rudy Giuliani who were just arrested on campaign finance charges as they tried to flee the country on the morning of their deposition before the House’s impeachment inquiry were also —surprise! — pictured with a whole swath of Trump lackeys and key GOP figures.
“Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?” Donald J. Trump
A bit OT, but does anyone know where the Trump spawn are hiding out these days? I haven’t heard anything about their doings since this all started. And you gotta know there are more than a few reporters out there trying to nail down their corrupt international dealings on behalf of daddy and themselves.
“Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, who were arrested today on campaign finance charges, visited Israel with Anthony Scaramucci and Mike Huckabee last summer.”
“Dear G-d: If you just grant me this ONE wish, I promise never, ever to swear again.”
Has any reputable source indicated that they were “fleeing the country”, as in bought the tickets the day before? They routinely travel on business, and that they were on the same flight does not suggest an attempt to hide.
"Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core." – Hannah Arendt
They were scheduled to deliver documents and give depositions in the inquiry, and instead they were leaving the country. Seems the FBI and SDNY felt that was enough to pull the arrest trigger. Better safe than sorry.
Plus, let’s face it. You know Barr made sure Rudy knew his buddies were under indictment.
My impression is that they had given congress the finger like everyone else and had not yet been subpoenaed. I’m not challenging the FBI’s rationale to perform the arrest, especially with a sealed indictment in hand, just the media’s use of “flee” when if they were reallying fleeing that was a pretty lame attempt.
So now Donnie has officially hired Trey Gowdy as one of his impeachment lawyers. Let’s keep those “the Executive Branch can’t withhold documents and witnesses and obstruct congressional inquiry” tapes of him on infinite loop.