Did Adam Schiff Release False Information in Trump Ukraine Probe? – The National Interest Online

Rep. Adam Schiff released inaccurate information last week regarding a text message between Rudy Giuliani and a former associate concerning Ukraine-related matters, according to a news report.

The California Democrat claimed in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler on Jan. 14 that Soviet-born businessmanLev Parnassent a message to Giuliani on July 3, 2019, about a potential meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Schiff asserted that Parnass message to Giuliani that he was trying to get us mr Z referred to an attempt to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Mr. Parnas continued to try to arrange a meeting with President Zelensky, Schiff wrote to Nadler of the message.

Butaccording to Politico, unredacted communications that Schiff has not released indicate that Parnas was referring to Mykola Zlechovsky, the owner of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas firm that had Hunter Biden as a director.

Parnas sent Giuliani notes from an interview he conducted with Zlochevsky days after the July 3 text message.

mr Z answers my brother, Parnas wrote, the communications, which Politico obtained, show.

Giuliani and Parnas worked together to collect and disseminate information about Bidens ties to Burisma. As part of the effort, Parnas helped set interviews for Giuliani with Ukrainians who claimed to have information for the project.

Democrats have accused Trump of abusing his office by pressuring Zelensky to open investigations into Hunter and Joe Biden in exchange for military assistance.

Schiff has previously been accused of releasing false information in Trump-related investigations.

Donald Trump Jr. accused Schiff of being behind leaking aDec. 8, 2017,story to CNN alleging that he received an email containing a trove of WikiLeaks documents on Sept. 4, 2016.

The timing would have been significant because WikiLeaks did not release the documents to the public until days later. But it turned out that CNNs source provided the wrong date for the email. It was instead sent to Trump Jr. on Sept. 14, 2016, a day after the WikiLeaks materials in question were publicized.

Schiff has also acknowledged thathe falsely claimednot to know the substance of the whistleblower complaint that triggered President Donald Trumps impeachment.

Schiff admitted that a CIA analyst met with one of Schiffs staffers before filing the complaint. The aide reportedly briefed Schiff on the analysts allegations about Trump.

Schiff also came under firefor reading a parodyof Trumps July 25 phone call with Zelensky, which is at the center of the impeachment push, during a Sept. 26 House Intelligence Committee hearing.

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