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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,304 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:14 PM Jan 2020

Donald Trump says he doesn't know Lev Parnas. Parnas says he has pictures with Trump

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and aides sought Thursday to distance him from a Soviet-born businessman who said Trump knew all about efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating U.S. political rival Joe Biden – a pivotal point in the Senate impeachment trial of the president.

“I don’t believe I’ve ever spoken to him," Trump told reporters about Lev Parnas, taking questions after an event announcing new federal guidance he has said will "safeguard" the rights of students to pray in school.

-snip-

Parnas said Trump knows him well and there are pictures of the two of them at various events.

In an interview with CNN, Parnas said that every time Trump denies knowing him, "I'll show him another picture. He’s lying.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-he-doesnt-know-lev-parnas-parnas-says-he-has-pictures-with-trump/ar-BBZ27Gq?li=BBnb7Kz

Just resign dotard before you embarrass yourself further.

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Donald Trump says he doesn't know Lev Parnas. Parnas says he has pictures with Trump (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 OP
I played a prank on a buddy of mine. I got another buddy to say he was at my place and saw a pic brewens Jan 2020 #1
"Whenever one of Trump's goons gets arrested, Trump says he barely knows the guy." VOX Jan 2020 #2
He Is A Serial Liar colsohlibgal Jan 2020 #3

brewens

(13,632 posts)
1. I played a prank on a buddy of mine. I got another buddy to say he was at my place and saw a pic
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:28 PM
Jan 2020

of him taking a bong hit! There is no such pic but he did smoke a little weed with us a few times back around high school age. I knew he wouldn't know a pic like that didn't exist. He's a real straight arrow type now and an HR manager. This was a few years ago and we thought he might end up running for public office. I still wouldn't be surprised to see him go for city council.

We let his best buddy in on the gag too, mainly because we thought he might not believe us when he freaked out and we then said we made it up to fuck with him. We pulled it off and told him it was just a joke, but I still halfway expected him to show up with beer to supposedly bullshit and try and find out if I had that pic.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
2. "Whenever one of Trump's goons gets arrested, Trump says he barely knows the guy."
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:29 PM
Jan 2020

It’s downright amazing, the number of people Trump claims to NOT know.

Per the Washington Post
By Paul Waldman

January 16, 2020
Trump has drained away our ability to hold him accountable
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/16/trump-has-drained-away-our-ability-hold-him-accountable/
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[It’s] like a mob boss saying, “How can you trust all these guys who have turned state’s evidence against me? They’re a bunch of gangsters!”
And it has become so familiar that we expect it: Whenever one of Trump’s goons gets arrested, Trump says he barely knows the guy. And if that person should start to talk about Trump, then it’s obvious the person is a liar.

Like Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer. “Michael Cohen is lying and he’s trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me,” Trump said when Cohen began to reveal how Trump did business.


How about Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman who is now in federal prison? “I didn’t know Manafort well. He wasn’t with the campaign very long,” Trump said.
How about U.S Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, with whom Trump had regular phone conversations about the effort to strong-arm Ukraine? “I have not spoken to him much, this is not a man I know well,” Trump said.


How about Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman who is now in federal prison? “I didn’t know Manafort well. He wasn’t with the campaign very long,” Trump said.
How about U.S Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, with whom Trump had regular phone conversations about the effort to strong-arm Ukraine? “I have not spoken to him much, this is not a man I know well,” Trump said.

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colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
3. He Is A Serial Liar
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:35 PM
Jan 2020

It’s amazing all his pants aren’t on fire. Just a despicable excuse for a human being. And tens of millions of us voted for that.....and that’s as alarming as anything.

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