Friday, January 17, 2020

Trump again denied knowing Lev Parnas



In spite of a notice from Lev Parnas, President Trump guaranteed not to know him again Thursday. "I don't know Parnas, other than surmise I had pictures taken, which I do with a huge number of individuals," Trump told columnists in the Oval Office. "I don't have any acquaintance with him by any means, don't have the foggiest idea what he's about, don't have the foggiest idea where he originates from, think nothing about him. ... I don't trust I've at any point addressed him." 



Jospeh Bondy, Parnas' attorney, brought the receipts, posting a video taken at Blemish a-Lago in December 2016, where Trump is plainly 

chatting with Parnas, who is remaining beside him and furthermore Roman Nasirov, a previous Ukrainian authority accused of theft. 


The Washington Post utilized that video in a buoyant gathering of Parnas presenting, frequently on numerous events, alongside Trump and other 

Republicans who asserted not to know him. 

Calling Parnas a "Giuliani partner" is "excessively constrained — he is an undeniable individual from Trump Co," Chris Cuomo said on CNN 

Thursday night. As he went through the subtleties, he demonstrated many photoes of Parnas and Trump or individuals from his family and 

inward circle. "There are numerous to such an extent that I needed to forget about pictures," Cuomo said. 

Truth be told, Parnas' association with Trump extends back to the 1980s, when he sold land for Trump's dad, Fred Trump, The 

Washington Post announced in October. "When Parnas was 16, he worked at Rulers Roadway Realty, selling Trump Association co- 

operations." Adam Entous explained at The New Yorker. Parnas disclosed to The New Yorker that activity "was my first time realizing what trump's identity was, 

in any case, experiencing childhood around there, you realized what trump's identity was, on the grounds that his name was everywhere." After Parnas moved to Florida in 

1995, Entous included, "on visits to New York, he remained at Trump properties."