NEW YORK — The messages, written in Russian and shared on WhatsApp in October 2018, were celebratory.“How is Washington?” Andrey Kukushkin asked in a message to an associate, Igor Fruman.
“Everything is great!!” Fruman wrote back. “We are taking over the country!!!!” Soon after, Fruman’s business partner, Lev Parnas, provided some evidence: a picture of himself, beaming as he stood between Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
Ex-Giuliani Ally Gained Easy Access to Trump’s Orbit, Texts Show (NYT via Yahoo!)