Democrat Adam Schiff Fell for Russian Prankster Spoof Promising Compromising Dirt on Donald Trump
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)  the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)  fell for a spoof by Russian pranksters who promised in a call with the top House Democrat to furnish him withâkompromatââcompromising dirtâon President Donald Trump.
The notorious Russian pranksters  who the Daily Mailâs Alana Goodman notes are âcomedians nicknamed âVovanâ and âLexusââ who have become famous for âtheir phony calls to high-ranking American officials and celebrities  including UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Elton John â posed as leading Ukrainian officials in their call to  Schiff  in early 2017.
âOn an audio recording of the prank call posted online   Adam Schiff  can be heard discussing the committeeâs Russia investigation and increasingly bizarre allegations about Trump with a man who claimed to be Andriy Parubiy  the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament â Goodman wrote in the Daily Mail.
On April 10  2017  an assistant to  Adam Schiff   the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  which is investigating Donald Trumpâs campaign for possible collusion with the Kremlin  patched in a long-planned call from Andriy Parubiy  the speaker of the Rada  the Ukrainian parliament. Parubiy said he had some potentially explosive information about Trumpâs visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.
The call  per the audio available on YouTube  begins with platitudes and introductions and  Schiff  thanks the man he thinks is Parubiy for his time addressing him as âMr. Chairman.â
The man then pitches that he wants to provide materials to  Schiff  for his committeeâs investigation on âTrumpâ and the âRussian government â to which  Schiff  cautions him that the Russians were likely listening to the call.
âI would just caution that our Russian friends may be listening to the conversation  so I wouldnât share anything over the phone that you donât want them to hear â  Schiff  said.
After the Russian prankster posing as the Ukrainian official said he had no concerns with what the Russians may or may not hear  he proceeded to tell  Schiff  about what would have been explosive allegations against the now-sitting president of the United States if they were true.
Sobchak has extensive ties to Putin  the prankster told  Schiff   adding that  she  is âalso known as a person who provides girls for escort for oligarchs. And  she  met with Trump and  she  brought him one Russian girl  celebrity Olga Buzova.â The prankster even told  Schiff  that Sobchak is a âspecial agent of Russian secret service.â
In reality  Sobchak is actually anti-Putinâan ex-Playboy model running against the Russian president on an anti-corruption platform after  her  time as a television anchor. But no matter to  Schiff ; he was entranced by the possibility of âkompromatâ on Trump.
After  per the Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian officials in their conversation with  Schiff   Sobchak introduced Trump to Buzova  Buzova âgot compromising materials on Trump after their short relations.â
 Schiff   per the Atlantic report  âbetrayed no emotion.â
âAnd so Putin was made aware of the availability of the compromising material?â  Schiff  asked the man  he  thought was a Ukrainian leader.
Adding insult to injury  the pranksters convinced  Schiff  that they had a recording of Sobchak and Buzov discussing this during a recent visit to Ukraine and that the Ukrainian officials would provide said recording to the FBI and the House Intelligence Committeeâs Democratic minority staff.
But thatâs not all. The pranksters told  Schiff  that Trumpâs ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with Russians in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn speaking in code words. From the Atlantic piece  here is more:
 He  told  Schiff  about meetings that Trumpâs former national-security adviser  Michael Flynn  had had with a Russian pop singer who served as an intermediary for the Kremlin. Theyâd met at a cafÃ© in Brighton Beach  a Russian-immigrant enclave in Brooklyn  where  Parubiy said  âthey used a special password before their meetings.â One would say  âWeather is good on Deribasovskaya.â The right response was âIt rains again on Brighton Beach.â
[TGT] )  fell for a spoof by Russian pranksters who promised in a call with the top House Democrat to furnish  [TGT]  withâkompromatââcompromising dirtâon President Donald Trump.
The notorious Russian pranksters  who the Daily Mailâs Alana Goodman notes are âcomedians nicknamed âVovanâ and âLexusââ who have become famous for âtheir phony calls to high-ranking American officials and celebrities  including UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Elton John â posed as leading Ukrainian officials in their call to  Schiff  in early 2017.
âOn an audio recording of the prank call posted online   Adam Schiff  can be heard discussing the committeeâs Russia investigation and increasingly bizarre allegations about Trump with a man who claimed to be Andriy Parubiy  the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament â Goodman wrote in the Daily Mail.
On April 10  2017  an assistant to  Adam Schiff   the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  which is investigating Donald Trumpâs campaign for possible collusion with the Kremlin  patched in a long-planned call from Andriy Parubiy  the speaker of the Rada  the Ukrainian parliament. Parubiy said he had some potentially explosive information about Trumpâs visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.
The call  per the audio available on YouTube  begins with platitudes and introductions and  Schiff  thanks the man he thinks is Parubiy for his time addressing him as âMr. Chairman.â
The man then pitches that he wants to provide materials to  Schiff  for his committeeâs investigation on âTrumpâ and the âRussian government â to which  Schiff  cautions him that the Russians were likely listening to the call.
âI would just caution that our Russian friends may be listening to the conversation  so I wouldnât share anything over the phone that you donât want them to hear â  Schiff  said.
After the Russian prankster posing as the Ukrainian official said he had no concerns with what the Russians may or may not hear  he proceeded to tell  Schiff  about what would have been explosive allegations against the now-sitting president of the United States if they were true.
Sobchak has extensive ties to Putin  the prankster told  Schiff   adding that  she  is âalso known as a person who provides girls for escort for oligarchs. And  she  met with Trump and  she  brought him one Russian girl  celebrity Olga Buzova.â The prankster even told  Schiff  that Sobchak is a âspecial agent of Russian secret service.â
In reality  Sobchak is actually anti-Putinâan ex-Playboy model running against the Russian president on an anti-corruption platform after  her  time as a television anchor. But no matter to  Schiff ; he was entranced by the possibility of âkompromatâ on Trump.
After  per the Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian officials in their conversation with  Schiff   Sobchak introduced Trump to Buzova  Buzova âgot compromising materials on Trump after their short relations.â
 Schiff   per the Atlantic report  âbetrayed no emotion.â
âAnd so Putin was made aware of the availability of the compromising material?â  Schiff  asked the man  he  thought was a Ukrainian leader.
Adding insult to injury  the pranksters convinced  Schiff  that they had a recording of Sobchak and Buzov discussing this during a recent visit to Ukraine and that the Ukrainian officials would provide said recording to the FBI and the House Intelligence Committeeâs Democratic minority staff.
But thatâs not all. The pranksters told  Schiff  that Trumpâs ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with Russians in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn speaking in code words. From the Atlantic piece  here is more:
 He  told  Schiff  about meetings that Trumpâs former national-security adviser  Michael Flynn  had had with a Russian pop singer who served as an intermediary for the Kremlin. Theyâd met at a cafÃ© in Brighton Beach  a Russian-immigrant enclave in Brooklyn  where  Parubiy said  âthey used a special password before their meetings.â One would say  âWeather is good on Deribasovskaya.â The right response was âIt rains again on Brighton Beach.â