“President Trump knew exactly what was going on,” he said. The messages show Parnas helping arrange a video interview for Lutsenko with John Solomon, a conservative columnist at the Hill newspaper. ADADAfter the interview posted online, Parnas texted it to Ahearn and wrote, “Have jr retweet it.”“Sent,” Ahearn responded. ADAD“I’m sorry, but this is all simply b------t,” Lutsenko wrote on March 13. The next day, Parnas wrote, “I received signed retainer.”Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the first name of the America First Action finance director, Joseph Ahearn.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2020 02:35 UTC