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PHOTO: Rudy Giuliani with Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, third ‘unnamed associate’

One for the ages. Almost looks like one of those garage sale black velvet paintings with the dogs playing poker.

THIS is an absolutely incredible new photo of former Donald Trump's personal lawyer and current investigation target Rudy Giuliani, along with his distinguished Russian gentlemen friends Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and a third 'unnamed associate.'

Wow. Here's ...

Trump on Gordon Sondland: ‘I hardly know the gentleman’

Donald is throwing Gordon Sondland under the Trump bus.

You knew this was inevitable.

Remember that time Sondland gave him a million dollars?

Speaking to reporters on Friday at the White House, Donald Trump went into denial mode on Gordon Sondland.

“I hardly know the gentleman”, said Trump of Gordon Sondland, whom Donald appointed as Ambassador to the European ...

My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of “cyberwarfare”

For years, I've followed Andy Greenberg's excellent reporting on "Sandworm," a set of infrastructure-targeted cyberattacks against Ukraine widely presumed to be of Russian origin, some of which escaped their targeted zone and damaged systems around the world.

Greenberg has turned that work into a book-length cyber-whodunit, Sandworm, that comes out today. I reviewed ...

Feds blew the door off a safe in Giuliani associate raids

Agents of the U.S. government have issued multiple subpoenas and conducted searches of various properties in the course of investigating Rudy Giuliani's “Fraud Guarantee” associates, and in one instance feds literally blew the door off a safe to access its contents, reports CNN.

From CNN:

The subpoena to Steven Fruman is the latest indication ...

Giuliani’s Ukraine business dealings probed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan

• Trump lawyer’s bank records examined • Witnesses questioned on work for Ukraine mayor • Feds probing efforts to oust U.S. ambassador

Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is the subject of a federal criminal investigation.

Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors are reported by the Wall Street Journal to now be examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings ...

Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill to testify on Giuliani, Sondland, ‘shadow Ukraine policy’ before Congress: Reports

Donald Trump's former Russia adviser Fiona Hill is reported to have agreed to testify before three House committees on Monday, October 14, in the Democratic impeachment inquiry.

Bloomberg was among the first to report the news on Thursday morning, citing two House officials familiar with the plans.

NBC's Josh Lederman later on Thursday broke ...

Ukraine: 4 or more U.S. officials were so upset by Trump’s pressure on Zelensky, they spoke to W.H. lawyer

Four or more top U.S. national security officials were so upset by Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine for Joe Biden dirt that they spoke to a White House lawyer with their concerns “both before and immediately after President Trump’s July 25 call with that country’s president,” the Washington Post reports tonight citing “U.S. ...

Judge okays $1 million bond for Giuliani associates Parnas and Fruman, related marijuana scheme revealed

A judge today approved a $1 million bond in property and business for two associates of President Trump’s personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, along with mandatory home confinement and GPS monitoring.

Parnas and Fruman remain in custody until those conditions are met.

Their next hearing date is set for next Thursday afternoon in ...

Hunter Biden’s Ukraine gig was corrupt, just not in the way Republican conspiracists claim it was

Hunter Biden was getting $50,000/month to sit on the board of Burisma, an oligarch-controlled Ukrainian energy company, a job for which he had no qualifications, apart from his surname, which was part of a concerted effort to launder the company's reputation after the collapse of the regime of the oligarch-friendly, Russia-facing Viktor Yanukovych.

But the prosecutor ...