INTERVIEW :: It only took 18 months for Lev Parnas to go from knowing nothing about US politics to becoming part of Donald Trump’s inner circle, during the twice-impeached, convicted felon, rapist, failed businessman and next US President’s first go-round in charge of America.
Parnas is a hustler. In fact that’s the descriptor given to Parnas in the excellent Rachel Maddow executive produced MSNBC documentary, From Russia With Lev. The Ukrainian-born wheeler-dealer from the streets of Brooklyn’s adventurous life has taken him to Moscow, to Wall Street, to Hollywood, and Miami - and then the White House, an experience that would land him in prison following his participation in the Biden Ukraine Scandal.
“I did not believe I was doing something illegal… I thought I was saving our country…
that I was going to be an American hero.” - Lev Parnas
Just before the shocking US election that now puts a dangerous and unstable man back in the most powerful job in the world, one already making authoritarian moves, Parnas joined me in conversation on my SiriusXM talk show, The Shaun Proulx Show, where he shared his incredible story of being inside Trumpworld, and his role in the infamous call between Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky, when Trump threatened to withhold military aid from Ukraine unless Zelensky found dirt on the Bidens - and ended up being impeached for it.
Lev Parnas’ book Shadow Diplomacy: Lev Parnas and his Wild Ride from Brooklyn to Trump’s Inner Circle is out now.
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