Ukrainian Moneymen Fruman, Parnas Spotted At 2018 DeSantis Victory Party | Talking Points Memo

The Rudy Giuliani associates charged with conspiring to mask foreign political donations, among other things, were filmed at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) victory party in 2018.


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so the (general) charge that ‘John Law’ (technically) investigated Gilliam for, DeSantis (likely) did also.

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sigh

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DeSantis’ office said he [would return] a $50,000 donation from the company Parnas and Fruman created to allegedly shield the true source of donations

Return the money? DeSantis won by 1%. How about he returns the office he apparently stole?

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The bumper stickers just write themselves for Dem candidates across America…

(“Lev and Igor 2020!”)

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“Governor DeSantis has not met one-on-one with Parnas and has not seen or spoken to him since taking office,” the spokesperson, Helen Aguirre Ferré, added.

Following a report from the Miami Herald that Parnas co-hosted two fundraisers for DeSantis, DeSantis’ office said he would return a $50,000 donation from the company Parnas and Fruman created to allegedly shield the true source of donations, Global Energy Producers.

Maybe I’m not understanding fundraisers, but this seems contradictory.

Another stolen election. Nothing to see here, I’m sure. Wasn’t it in Florida some shenanigans went on at a polling site in the 2016 Presidential election?

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I’m ready for whomever plans to speak up about how it’s all the kid’s fault for not turning out for elections, that if only they did, we’d win.

When clearly the fix is in, at all levels, to ensure that there’s just enough there to put the republican over the top, by whatever means necessary.

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This isn’t at all surprising. Bird of a feather, you know.

Also, wasn’t this victory celebration held in Boca Raton?

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In addition to DeSantis, Parnas and Fruman’s donations also helped DeSantis’ primary opponent, Adam Putnam, and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the Herald reported.

I almost missed this little nugget. Didn’t Rick Scott also win by less than one percent? Time to find out what he knows and did as well.

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For Sure Nothing to see
Desantis won by a whopping .409% plurality
And Rick Scott won by a margin of less than 0.25 percentage points

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Why wouldn’t they be at the DeSantis victory party. The boys needed to see what their Russian or Ukrainian campaign financing money had purchased.

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Are there any Republicans who not appear to be Russian operatives?

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I can only wonder what will be the final tally of Republican politicians accepting their tainted contributions.

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I’m willing to blame the kids, that clerk and Rick Scott.

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It looks like there is a lot of scurrying when these rocks are being overturned .
Russian Cash everywhere there was a Republican
Fits together like a big jig saw puzzle

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Easiest question of the day

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“Governor DeSantis has not met one-on-one with Parnas and has not seen or spoken to him since taking office,” the spokesperson, Helen Aguirre Ferré, added.

No, Rudy was also there, so not one-on-one. And you generally don’t need to meet with the hitmen after the job is done.

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I think it’s a safe bet that Florida Man, Ron DeSantis, is on the take. That guy is a sleazeball.

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It is all the Russian money that has me worried. I think we will discover that the Republican party has been awash in Russian or Ukrainian money for at least two election cycles.

Fuck You John Roberts and the Citizens United horse you created out of whole cloth.

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The Republican Party, Proudly Seditious!

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I believe we’ll someday have an idea of just how vast the Russian/Ukranian influence has been in our elections, but we’ll probably never know just how far it went.

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