The recording appears to contradict statements by Trump and support the narrative that has been offered by Parnas during broadcast interviews in recent days. ADThe recording also suggests new detail about just how involved Trump was in the campaign to oust Yovanovitch. The story says this recording of Trump & Lev Parnas (who he’s repeatedly said he doesn’t know) talking about taking out Yovanovitch was made by Igor Fruman. It’s possible that Fruman merely gave this audio to prosecutors to get it out into the public domain, Kirschner told me. And, of course, Trump told the Ukrainian president that “she’s going to go through some things.”AD“It seems like there could be an investigation into a conspiracy to do something to Yovanovitch,” Kirschner told me.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 19:04 UTC