Donald Trump’s goon Robert Hyde goes off the deep end after Lev Parnas incriminates him

| 10:00 pm EST January 14, 2020
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After the House released new Ukraine scandal text messages between Lev Parnas and Robert Hyde this evening, we all began asking the same question: who is Robert Hyde? That’s not a name that had previously been associated with the scandal. It turns out Hyde is deeply connected to Trump, however – and let’s just say that Hyde isn’t taking today’s developments well.

Last month, MSN and the Hartford Courant reported that Robert Hyde is a congressional candidate who has donated thousands of dollars to Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. Now the House has released a text message conversation between Hyde and Lev Parnas about hiring local goons in Ukraine to do something bad to U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

Daily Beast managed to track down Robert Hyde, giving him the opportunity to tell his side of the story. But Hyde apparently didn’t bother to refute the legitimacy of the text messages, or even try to tamp down the interpretations of the text messages. Instead, Hyde’s response to today’s news was this: “Bull Schiff is a giant b*tch.”

We suppose this means Robert Hyde isn’t planning to cooperate with the impeachment process any time soon. But if these text messages are as legitimate as the House believes they are, then Hyde is looking at potential criminal liability in this Ukraine scandal. With Lev already in the process of cooperating, Hyde might want to change his tune fast.