Attorney Victoria Toensing slammed Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas as a liar over comments aimed at implicating President Trump.

Toensing called out the Soviet-born businessman in a tweet Thursday morning, clapping back at his claim that she and her husband and legal partner Jo DiGenova spoke with Attorney General William Barr about the topic of Ukraine corruption.

Referring to the MSNBC interview Parnas had with Rachel Maddow, Toensing declared he had “absolutely lied” about happenings in Ukraine that purport to show that Trump, Barr and others knew exactly what was going on.

Last night on @maddow show @LevParnas absolutely lied. Joe and I never ever discussed Ukraine corruption with AG Barr. Not ever. Any discussion with AG was about our own client. Never about anything @RudyGiuliani was doing.

— Victoria Toensing (@VicToensing) January 16, 2020

Parnas claimed a meeting was requested by Giuliani with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that Toensing would participate. Though the president’s personal lawyer told the Daily Beast this week that the letter “confirms that my role throughout was as a defense lawyer for the President seeking exculpatory evidence,” a spokesperson for Toensing’s law firm said they knew nothing of the letter or Giuliani’s alleged outreach to the Ukraine president.

“I wouldn’t do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president,” Parnas told Maddow.

He also claimed that Barr “had to have known everything” about the Ukraine scheme plan, including the “quid pro quo” Trump is accused of in his request for an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.

In another related part of the Ukraine discussion, Parnas spoke of Connecticut Republican congressional candidate Robert F. Hyde who was allegedly tracking former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.

“He was either drunk or trying to make himself bigger than he really was,” Parnas said, dismissing Hyde’s claims.

Toensing’s rebuke of the indicted businessman sparked many reactions on Twitter where users told her to effectively just ignore him.

@VicToensing you don’t need to convince us who is telling the truth. This cast of characters will never have the credibility you and Joe have earned with the American people.

— Tommy McDonald (@jtmcdon1) January 16, 2020

Some people will do anything, say anything, hurt anyone for their own benefit. You know I, of all people, know this well from painful betrayal. People may not like the positions you and Joe take, and that’s their right. But I’ve known you for decades and you DON’T lie.

— Randall Phillips (@RandallCRP216) January 16, 2020

We all know, you don’t go on Maddow to answer tough questions, certainly not when your story weighs negatively on the President and his people…

— Chad Helme (@chad_helme) January 16, 2020

We all know, you don’t go on Maddow to answer tough questions, certainly not when your story weighs negatively on the President and his people…

— Chad Helme (@chad_helme) January 16, 2020

The liar is getting press time just like Avenatti did and will crash and burn soon.

— Patricia (@triciamap) January 16, 2020

The State of New York charged him with 4 counts of conspiring to violate ban on foreign donations, making donations in the name of others, making false statements and falsifying records and obstruction. He wants a deal to stay out of prison and “orange bad man” is his ticket.

— CK (@grannygethealth) January 16, 2020

Fight like hell @VicToensing !! The left is going to try everything in their bag to hurt POTUS , that includes attempting to destroy you and your husband! Show them what it looks like when true Americans defend themselves! You have patriots behind you.

— Sara Fealk (@slfealk) January 16, 2020

It’s a good thing nobody watches Rachel’s show

— Mike Pawlowski (@MikeRwk78) January 16, 2020

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