Hannity Was Set To Play Early Role In Response To Impeachment Inquiry

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Source: TPM

Fox News host Sean Hannity was set to play an early role in the response to President Trump’s impeachment inquiry.

TPM obtained text messages between Lev Parnas and a Fox News producer and booker as they attempted to arrange an interview between Hannity and Viktor Shokin, a disgraced Ukrainian prosecutor with an axe to grind against Joe Biden.

The exchange occurred in early October, days before Parnas and his associate Igor Fruman were intercepted by FBI agents at Washington-Dulles International Airport as they boarded a flight on a one-way ticket to Vienna.

As CNN reported last year, the pair were headed to Vienna for the interview between Shokin and Hannity.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/hannity-was-set-to-play-early-role-in-response-to-impeachment-inquiry

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1. State media...Hannity is worse than rush n/t

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2. "as they boarded a flight on a one-way ticket to Vienna"

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3. For what purpose? Proof for the cult?

No one takes him seriously other than the cult.

[riversedge]

4. Someday, Karma will visit that weasel Hannity!!......

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...........When CNN first reported the planned interview in October, Hannity said through a spokesperson that “we never reveal our sources, potential sources, or persons they may or may not request to interview. Sean Hannity takes the First Amendment seriously.”

Hannity confirmed the attempt to interview Shokin in a statement to TPM.

“My staff did make attempts independently to interview Prosecutor Shokin who was fired after Joe Biden leveraged $1 billion taxpayer dollars and demanded he be fired, just like ABC and the Washington Post interviewed him,” Hannity told TPM.

Though the interview with Shokin never took place, the disgraced prosecutor later spoke with Giuliani for a One America News series about the allegations. As the House conducted its impeachment inquiry, Giuliani traveled to Kyiv for the series — a feat he was unable to accomplish while the pressure campaign was occurring somewhat behind closed doors.

“I am extremely proud of my team for their hard work and dedication,” Hannity added. “I am also extremely proud of the fact that while the media mob was lying daily about alleged Trump and Russian collusion, my team was busy breaking news daily and exposing FISA abuse and the Clinton bought and paid for the dirty Russian dossier. As the recent IG report confirmed, our reporting was completely accurate, and the media mob was wrong again.”