This is a potentially HUGE development in the Ukraine scandal. According to a breaking story in the NYT, the lawyer for Lev Parnas says that, in a May meeting in Ukraine, Parnas told a Zalensky representative that Zalensky
had to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump’s political rival, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and his son, or else Vice President Mike Pence would not attend the swearing-in of the new president, and the United States would freeze aid...
The three participants at the meeting were Parnas, Fruman and Zalensky representative Serhiy Shefir.
Parnas also says that he was directed to say this by Rudy Giulinani!
Fruman’s lawyer issued a denial. Rudy issued a denial that he told Parnas to say that. Mr. Shefir released what I would call a non-denial denial.
The downside is that Parnas may not be able to offer evidence for this particular meeting, but the importance of the story is that it seems Parnas has flipped. Here is the link to the NYT story:
www.nytimes.com/...