Two Giuliani Clients Who Helped Investigate Biden Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges for Six-Figure Trump Donation by Jake Johnson!
(2019-10-10 at 16:11:01 )

Two Giuliani Clients Who Helped Investigate Biden Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges for Six-Figure Trump Donation by Jake Johnson

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are both witnesses in House Democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Two foreign nationals who helped President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden were arrested Wednesday night on campaign finance charges.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Florida businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman "have been under investigation by the United States attorneys office in Manhattan, and are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia later on Thursday."

"Mr. Giuliani..identified the two men in May as his clients," according to the Journal.

"Both men have donated to Republican campaigns including Mr. Trumps, and in May 2018 gave $325,000 to the primary pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, through an LLC called Global Energy Producers."

The donation to Donald Trumps super PAC sparked a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint by the nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center, which accused Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman of laundering "a six-figure contribution to President Trumps super PAC through a shell corporation."

UPDATE: last year, we uncovered how two Ukrainian-Americans had laundered a six-figure contribution to President Trumps super PAC through a shell corporation. We filed a complaint with the FEC.

Those two men have now been arrested on campaign finance charges.-Campaign Legal Center October 10, 2019

Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman are both witnesses in House Democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Former Donald Trump attorney John Dowd, who is now representing Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, sent a letter last week informing House investigators that his clients will not be cooperating with the impeachment probe.

House Democrats on Thursday subpoenaed Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman for documents as part of the impeachment investigation:

JUST IN: House Democrats subpoena Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two men with business interests in Ukraine tied to Rudy Giuliani, for documents in House impeachment inquiry.-ABC News October 10, 2019

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