Trial. That oath was administered by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts who will preside over the trial. With house managers set the make their opening arguments just days from now the white house, the president s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, the Vice President s office and the Justice Department are trying to distance themselves from a key player in the ukraine pressure campaign. Lev parnas is talking publicly pour the first time, speaking the my colleague Rachel Maddow despite facing felony charges in the southern york for allegedly breaking Campaign Finance laws. With an impeachment trial now under way over the president s effort to get ukraine to dig up dirt on his political opponents, parnas is implicating pretty much everyone in that apparent scheme, the Vice President , the attorney general, devin nunes, and of course the president. President trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all of my movements. He i wouldnt do anything without consent of Rudy Giuliani or the pres