New evidence has been handed over by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler at the very last minute that will supposedly be included as an official record to be given to the Senate for the impeachment trial.
The evidence surrounds one of Giuliani’s former associates, Lev Parnas, who was recently indicted on campaign finance violations.
As an example of the relevancy to the impeachment inquiry of the evidence that you are receiving today, attached here are some documents pertinent to the President’s Ukraine effort that we identified in our initial review of Mr. Parnas’ production. Because some messages retrieved from Mr. Parnas’ device were written in Russian, the Committee is also providing a rough translation of a number of those messages, which is also included here. The evidence you are receiving today shows:
• Mr. Parnas produced handwritten notes on stationery from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Vienna, Austria that appear directly related to the President’s scheme to press Ukraine to announce investigations beneficial to his reelection campaign. Mr. Parnas’ attorney confirmed that the notes were written by his client. One hand-written note states:
* start commun[icating] with Zalensky [sic] without (Pinchuk or Kolomoisky) Victor Pinchuk and Ihor Kolomoisky are prominent and politically-connected Ukrainian oligarchs. As described in the Committee’s impeachment report, Mr. Parnas unsuccessfully sought Mr. Kolomoisky’s assistance in facilitating a meeting between Mr. Giuliani and President Zelensky.
Mr. Giuliani later revealed, “It’s going to work I have no 1 in it.” He also gave Jay Sekulow, President Trump’s personal attorney, Mr. Parnas’ phone number.
