I searched a long time for the video released by Lev Parnas's attorney. It was first reported by ABC News, apparently. That TV news organization reported it in print. They are a visual news organization, not a print news organization. ABC News did not link to the visual news. They did not link to the video.
I also searched print news organizations including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Associated Press websites. I did not find a link to the video on any of them.
I remember that a video surfaced during Mitt Romney's campaign for President of the United States not that long ago. It seems now to me that the Romney video was everywhere. What a contrast to 2020.
Continuing with the recap of my searches, I found snippets of the video on CNN's website and on The Guardian newspaper online. Snippets. Meaning just a few seconds or minutes of what they wanted me to hear and see.
At the end of a long search, I found a link to the complete unedited video, here at the website of United Press International (UPI). I knew that UPI is a fierce competitor of Associated Press (AP), which you will recall was one of the original reporters, in print only so far, that the video existed. Here is the UPI site for the complete unedited video: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/01/25/Video-Take-her-out-Trump-appears-to-say-about-Ukraine-ambassadors-removal/8161579993544/.
It is not Hollywood issue, so to speak. It was taken on a cellphone by a person, like most of us, whose talents clearly do not include filming videos. But it is jaw-dropping nonetheless. Substance over form. Not very 2020 I guess.
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