If this is true (really sounds like it), Lindsey Graham is in big trouble. Well, no, should be in big trouble. The world is different now.

Parnas also claims that two of Trump's impeachment defense lawyers, Sekulow and Cipollone, were involved in the Ukraine schemes. That's potentially problematic in another direction than Graham's complicity. Parnas's account of Cipollone's involvement has been verified by John Bolton.

Seems like one explanation is blackmail. Trump could have something like evidence that Graham is homosexual. It makes sense that Trump would be using his position as chief intelligence officer to blackmail and extort on an individual level, and then co-opt those people to attempt the extortion of a nation.

I also remember that someone asked Rudy if he was afraid of being arrested, and, after he finished debasing himself, Giuliani claimed to have an insurance policy. Kompromat on the attorney general's role in all of this would probably suffice, but Rudy undoubtedly has worse dirt on Trump, like things he's helped Trump sweep under the rug over a lifetime of palling around in NYC.

Still unclear if Parnas is a Russian agent or not. If I find out that the House is withholding evidence from the public because they're trying to make the GOP acquit first (their calculus being that such would inflict maximum political damage), I'm gonna be pissed, on principle. Infinitely worse is the possibility that after acquittal, even if public opinion turns on Trump, he's already done enough to keep his grip on the reins of power.