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Five things to know about arrest of Giuliani associates | TheHill

posted onOctober 11, 2019
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Article snippet: Two associates of MORE’s personal lawyer. The Ukraine-born businessmen, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested late Wednesday at Dulles International Airport with one-way international tickets. Parnas and Fruman, who are both U.S. citizens, are accused of orchestrating a straw donor scheme to circumvent campaign finance laws, partly by funneling $325,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC using a fake energy company they created. Federal prosecutors also indicted American businessman David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin, who was arrested in California. Correia has not been arrested. The indictment makes no mention of Giuliani, nor does it indicate that he was aware of or involved in the alleged scheme. But the charges have put a renewed focus on Giuliani since Parnas and Fruman were helping him press Ukraine for investigations into former Vice President MORE. Here are five things to know about the arrest, the charges and the immediate fallout.   Giuliani at the center of the storm The arrests only widened the storm around Giuliani, who has been seen as leading the charge among Trump’s allies to push allegations of corruption against Biden and his son Hunter. The president’s personal attorney was mentioned in Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the subsequent whistleblower complaint at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry into Trump. Giuliani has openly admitted to seeking out damaging information on the Bidens to aid Trump, and Parma... Link to the full article to read more

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