Two Giuliani Associates Charged With Campaign Finance Violations - READ THE INDICTMENT

Two Giuliani Associates Charged With Campaign Finance Violations - READ THE INDICTMENT

Two business associates of Rudy Giuliani have been charged with a scheme to route foreign money into United States elections.

Giuliani serves as the personal lawyer to President Donald Trump.

Giuliani’s associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia on Thursday following an investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office in New York.

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The Indictment

According to the 21-page indictment, Parnas and Fruman “conspired to circumvent the federal laws against foreign influence by engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office so that the defendants could buy potential influence with the candidates, campaigns, and the candidates’ governments.”

The indictment alleges that Fruman and Parnas schemed to donate money to an unidentified U.S. congressman.

According to the indictment, at the same time, the two were asking the congressman to get the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed from her job.

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