Parnas, speaking to Maddow, made it clear that Trump and his supporters demanded an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — and in return for that investigation, Ukraine would get military aid.
Making a Watergate/Ukraine scandal comparison, Meacham told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that during the Summer of 1974, more and more Republicans in Congress were turning against President Richard Nixon. That summer, Meacham recalled, many “Republican partisans” — including Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater — were willing to act “in the national interest” rather than sticking by Nixon simply because he was a Republican. But Meacham is extremely skeptical that Parnas’ assertions will sway the Senate Republicans of 2020. Continue reading.