As Ukraine Affair Expands, So Could Giuliani's Legal Exposure
5 years, 2 months ago

As Ukraine Affair Expands, So Could Giuliani's Legal Exposure

NPR  

As Ukraine Affair Expands, So Could Giuliani's Legal Exposure Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Once a fixture on cable channels and Sunday news shows, President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has all but disappeared since two of his associates were arrested this month on campaign finance charges. The most recent of these, of course, is tied to Ukraine and Giuliani's connections to two recently indicted associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. The Ukraine portfolio and beyond Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP Giuliani enlisted Parnas' and Fruman's help to dig up dirt in Ukraine on the family of former Vice President Joe Biden and conspiracy theories tied to the 2016 election. Politics The Evolution Of Rudy Giuliani The Evolution Of Rudy Giuliani Listen · 6:13 6:13 For years, Giuliani has made speeches on the group's behalf and has been paid for his efforts.

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Unsealed warrant for Guiliani associate Lev Parnas makes revelations about Ukraine scandal
1 year ago

Unsealed warrant for Guiliani associate Lev Parnas makes revelations about Ukraine scandal

Raw Story  

A heavily redacted application for a search and seizure warrant was made public Tuesday detailing the request to search nine electronic devices belonging to Rudy Giuliani's former associate Lev Parnas on Oct. 21, 2019, shortly before he was indicted. Parnas was also subpoenaed to give evidence in the impeachment hearing of Trump that involved the then-president's "perfect call" to Ukrainian …

Prosecutors: No criminal charges expected from Giuliani raid
2 years, 1 month ago

Prosecutors: No criminal charges expected from Giuliani raid

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges over his interactions with Ukrainian figures in the runup to the 2020 presidential election, federal prosecutors revealed in a letter to a judge Monday. Federal prosecutors had examined whether Giuliani should have registered as a foreign agent because of his dealings with Ukrainians who wanted …

Meet the woman who has vowed to make Russia’s Vladimir Putin pay
2 years, 8 months ago

Meet the woman who has vowed to make Russia’s Vladimir Putin pay

Firstpost  

Ukraine’s prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova is leading a probe into the crimes committed by Russia in her country. She has opened 8,000 investigations related to the war and identified 500 suspects, including Russian ministers, military commanders, and propagandists For now, Iryna Venediktova has a single purpose: To make Vladimir Putin and his forces pay for their crimes in Ukraine. “And …

War Crimes Watch: The woman who would make Putin pay
2 years, 8 months ago

War Crimes Watch: The woman who would make Putin pay

Associated Press  

LVIV, Ukraine — For now, Iryna Venediktova has a single purpose: To make Vladimir Putin and his forces pay for their crimes in Ukraine. “And for me it’s pain.” ___ This story is part of an ongoing investigation from The Associated Press and Frontline that includes the War Crimes Watch Ukraine interactive experience and an upcoming documentary. ___ The first …

Giuliani's Ukrainian associate Lev Parnas is convicted of making illegal campaign contributions
3 years, 2 months ago

Giuliani's Ukrainian associate Lev Parnas is convicted of making illegal campaign contributions

Daily Mail  

The illegal contributions included $325,000 given to America First Action Lev Parnas, a business associate of Rudy Giuliani, was found guilty of multiple campaign finance charges on Friday, including funneling foreign money to a political action committee that backed former President Trump. Lev Parnas, Ukrainian-American businessman and former Giuliani associate is pictured leaving the United States Court with his lawyer …

Rudy Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas found guilty on all counts
3 years, 2 months ago

Rudy Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas found guilty on all counts

Raw Story  

Lev Parnas, a former henchman to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was found guilty on all six criminal counts leveled against him on Friday. In a quickly rendered verdict, a jury found Parnas guilty of the most serious charge leveled against him, conspiracy to make foreign contributions to political campaigns. Parnas was arrested along with fellow Giuliani henchman Igor Fruman back …

Giuliani associates face trial in campaign finance scheme
3 years, 2 months ago

Giuliani associates face trial in campaign finance scheme

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Lev Parnas once pitched himself in TV interviews and through an unorthodox publicity campaign by his lawyer as someone who could expose corruption in the Trump Administration over its dealings in Ukraine. Parnas and another Soviet-born Florida businessman who has already pleaded guilty in the case, Igor Fruman, initially caught the attention of journalists and investigators after …

Giuliani associate pleads guilty to funneling Ukrainian cash into illegal US campaign contributions
3 years, 4 months ago

Giuliani associate pleads guilty to funneling Ukrainian cash into illegal US campaign contributions

Daily Mail  

An associate of Rudy Giuliani who helped him look for dirt on then-candidate Joe Biden in Ukraine pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from allegations he helped illegally fund Republican candidates with Ukrainian cash in the 2020 election. Igor Fruman, a Florida businessman, pleaded guilty to a single count of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national in …

Investigators probing Giuliani role in Ukraine ambassador removal
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigators probing Giuliani role in Ukraine ambassador removal

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, targeted top US diplomat in Ukraine, who became a key impeachment witness. Robert Costello confirmed via text message to The Associated Press that a search warrant served this week on Giuliani made reference to Marie Yovanovitch, who, as a central player in the first impeachment case against Trump, detailed a smear campaign by Giuliani and …

Feds raid Rudy Giuliani’s home over Ukraine business dealings
3 years, 8 months ago

Feds raid Rudy Giuliani’s home over Ukraine business dealings

Al Jazeera  

Federal investigators executed a search warrant at the Manhattan home of former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, according to reports from the New York Times, Reuters and a law enforcement official cited by The Associated Press. Giuliani also sought to undermine former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was pushed out on Trump’s orders, and met …

Feds execute warrant at Rudolph Giuliani’s New York home, source says
3 years, 8 months ago

Feds execute warrant at Rudolph Giuliani’s New York home, source says

LA Times  

Federal agents raided the New York City home of Rudolph W. Giuliani on Wednesday as part of an investigation into whether former President Trump’s attorney broke lobbying laws while working on behalf of Ukrainian officials, a law enforcement official said. The raid represents a significant escalation of the federal investigation into Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and one …

Giuliani probe awaits Garland as he nears AG confirmation
3 years, 10 months ago

Giuliani probe awaits Garland as he nears AG confirmation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — With Merrick Garland poised to be confirmed as attorney general as early as next week, one of the first major questions he is likely to encounter is what to do about Rudy Giuliani. A federal probe into the overseas and business dealings of the former New York City mayor and close ally of former President Donald Trump …

Indicted Giuliani associate seeks White House communications
4 years ago

Indicted Giuliani associate seeks White House communications

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A lawyer for Lev Parnas, the indicted former associate of Rudy Giuliani, asked a federal judge Tuesday to order the White House and Justice Department turn over any emails or text messages in which they discussed the decision to charge his client with making illegal campaign contributions. The defense attorney, Joseph Bondy, filed court papers seeking to …

Vowing crackdown on Russian meddling, US sanctions Ukrainian lawmaker who worked with Giuliani to attack Biden
4 years, 4 months ago

Vowing crackdown on Russian meddling, US sanctions Ukrainian lawmaker who worked with Giuliani to attack Biden

CNN  

CNN — The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions against a Ukrainian lawmaker, accusing him of being an “active Russian agent” who is part of Moscow’s interference in the 2020 campaign. “Andrii Derkach and other Russian agents employ manipulation and deceit to attempt to influence elections in the United States and elsewhere around the world,” Treasury Secretary Steven …

DOJ taps U.S. attorneys to coordinate Ukraine investigations
4 years, 10 months ago

DOJ taps U.S. attorneys to coordinate Ukraine investigations

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has appointed U.S. attorneys in New York and Pennsylvania to coordinate federal investigations into Ukraine-related matters, including new information collected by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote that Scott Brady, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, will assist in the “receipt, processing and preliminary analysis …

Barr: Justice Dept. is collecting Ukraine info from Giuliani
4 years, 11 months ago

Barr: Justice Dept. is collecting Ukraine info from Giuliani

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Monday the Justice Department is taking information that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is gathering in Ukraine about the president’s Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son. The attorney general’s comments at an unrelated news conference in Washington come a day after Sen. Lindsey Graham said Barr told him the department …

Trump in private: what really happens (opinion)
4 years, 11 months ago

Trump in private: what really happens (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” and co-author with Peter Eisner of “The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. The moment that has made news finds President Donald Trump ordering that America’s ambassador to Ukraine, …

Giuliani associate in campaign cash probe seeks Barr recusal
4 years, 11 months ago

Giuliani associate in campaign cash probe seeks Barr recusal

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An associate of Rudy Giuliani charged with illegally funneling foreign money into U.S. political campaigns has asked Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself in the case and appoint a special prosecutor. The request is made in a letter filed Monday in the docket of the federal campaign finance violation case brought by New York prosecutors against …

Giuliani associate names Trump, Pence, more in Ukraine plan
4 years, 11 months ago

Giuliani associate names Trump, Pence, more in Ukraine plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A close associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is claiming Trump was directly involved in the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. I was wrong.” Asked directly if Parnas was lying, Trump’s lawyer replied, “I’m not responding yet.” Parnas said he also heard Giuliani and another Trump-aligned defense lawyer, Victoria Toensing, …

Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’ in Ukraine: Giuliani aide
4 years, 11 months ago

Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’ in Ukraine: Giuliani aide

Al Jazeera  

Lev Parnas says US president was fully aware of attempt to pressure Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Biden. US President Donald Trump “knew exactly what was going on” in an alleged scheme to pressure Ukrainian officials into investigating political rival Joe Biden, a close associate of Trump’s personal lawyer has said. “President Trump knew exactly what was going on,” said …

Ukraine Is Investigating Whether U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Surveilled
4 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine Is Investigating Whether U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Surveilled

NPR  

Ukraine Is Investigating Whether U.S. Ukraine's Internal Affairs Ministry says the national police "has initiated criminal proceedings" to investigate two potential crimes: violating the secrecy of telephone conversations and other communications, and the unlawful collection of confidential personal information, in a breach of privacy. The investigation adds yet another wrinkle to a U.S.-Ukraine relationship that's become increasingly complicated since last …

Devin Nunes talked with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas during scheme to remove Ukraine ambassador
5 years, 1 month ago

Devin Nunes talked with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas during scheme to remove Ukraine ambassador

Daily Mail  

Never-before-seen call logs reveal that Rep. Devin Nunes - the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee - was in touch with Rudy Giuliani and his indicted associate Lev Parnas as they schemed to get the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed. Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the committee that's been handling the House impeachment investigation, was named in …

Prosecutors: More Charges Possible In Case Of Giuliani Associates Parnas, Fruman
5 years, 1 month ago

Prosecutors: More Charges Possible In Case Of Giuliani Associates Parnas, Fruman

NPR  

Prosecutors: More Charges Possible In Case Of Giuliani Associates Parnas, Fruman Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP Updated at 4:49 p.m. ET Prosecutors could bring more charges in the case of two Soviet-born associates of Rudy Giuliani — although it wasn't precisely clear when, what or who else might be involved after a conference in New York …

Trump Denies Directing Rudy Giuliani To Conduct Ukraine Shadow Diplomacy
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump Denies Directing Rudy Giuliani To Conduct Ukraine Shadow Diplomacy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he sent his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine in order to pressure the country’s government to conduct investigations into his political rivals, which is at the center of the House’s impeachment investigation into the president. pic.twitter.com/6JaP9oOLMI — TheBeat w/Ari Melber November 26, 2019 The statement contradicts public claims from Giuliani …

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo
5 years, 1 month ago

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Newly released documents show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight, said the documents reveal “a clear paper trail from Rudy Giuliani to the Oval Office to Secretary Pompeo to facilitate …

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo
5 years, 1 month ago

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

The Hindu  

Documents released late Friday show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight, said the documents reveal “a clear paper trail from Rudy Giuliani to the Oval Office to Secretary Pompeo to facilitate Mr. …

Ukrainian gas executive cooperating in US probe of Giuliani
5 years, 1 month ago

Ukrainian gas executive cooperating in US probe of Giuliani

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are planning to interview an executive with Ukraine’s state-owned gas company as part of an ongoing probe into the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani and two of his Soviet-born business associates. Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating the business dealings of Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, including whether he failed to register as a …

Trump associate ‘pressured Ukraine to probe Biden on Giuliani’s orders’
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump associate ‘pressured Ukraine to probe Biden on Giuliani’s orders’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Parnas and Mr Fruman, both Soviet-born businessmen from Florida, worked with Mr Giuliani …

Bill Taylor: Top US diplomat says Giuliani pushed Ukraine to ‘intervene’ in US politics in impeachment transcript
5 years, 2 months ago

Bill Taylor: Top US diplomat says Giuliani pushed Ukraine to ‘intervene’ in US politics in impeachment transcript

CNN  

CNN — The top US diplomat in Ukraine told House impeachment investigators that President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was pressing Ukraine “to intervene in US domestic policy or politics” by launching investigations into Trump’s political rivals, according to a transcript of Bill Taylor’s deposition released Wednesday. Taylor also testified that it was his “clear understanding” US security aid …

Giuliani Associates Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Making Illegal Campaign Donations
5 years, 2 months ago

Giuliani Associates Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Making Illegal Campaign Donations

NPR  

Giuliani Associates Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Making Illegal Campaign Donations Enlarge this image toggle caption Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Two of Rudy Giuliani's associates appeared in federal court Wednesday in Manhattan, where they pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally funneling foreign donations to U.S. political candidates. Sponsor Message Prosecutors say that last year, Parnas and …

READ: Gordon Sondland's Opening Statement To Congress
5 years, 2 months ago

READ: Gordon Sondland's Opening Statement To Congress

NPR  

READ: Gordon Sondland's Opening Statement To Congress Enlarge this image toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is speaking to Congress behind closed doors on Thursday as part of the House's impeachment inquiry into President Trump. However, based on the President's direction, we were faced with a choice: We could abandon …

Opinion: Human ‘hand grenade’ Giuliani wants Biden’s work in Ukraine investigated. What about his own?
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Human ‘hand grenade’ Giuliani wants Biden’s work in Ukraine investigated. What about his own?

LA Times  

John Bolton’s most accurate threat assessment when he was President Trump’s national security advisor may have been his description of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as a “hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up.” A former colleague of Bolton’s in the White House, Fiona Hill, reportedly shared Bolton’s description of Giuliani on Monday at a private …

Trump’s former top Russia adviser testified she raised concerns about Giuliani’s role in Ukraine
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s former top Russia adviser testified she raised concerns about Giuliani’s role in Ukraine

CNN  

Washington CNN — Fiona Hill, President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser, raised concerns about Rudy Giuliani’s role in US foreign policy toward Ukraine, telling lawmakers on Monday that she saw “wrongdoing” in the American foreign policy and tried to report it to officials including the National Security Council’s attorney, according to multiple sources. The same source told CNN that …

Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani
5 years, 3 months ago

Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani’s requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels, according to a former diplomat who has spoken with her. The former diplomat said Yovanovitch refused to do “all this offline, personal, informal stuff” and made clear that the U.S. government …

Rudy Giuliani associates tied to Donald Trump's Ukraine scandal arrested on campaign finance charges
5 years, 3 months ago

Rudy Giuliani associates tied to Donald Trump's Ukraine scandal arrested on campaign finance charges

ABC  

Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who helped President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden have been arrested in a scheme to illegally funnel Russian money to a pro-Trump election committee and other US political candidates, prosecutors said. Key points: Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were central to Rudy Giuliani's efforts to convince Ukraine officials to investigate …

'Deliberate law breaking': Watch prosecutors explain the charges against Giuliani henchmen
5 years, 3 months ago

'Deliberate law breaking': Watch prosecutors explain the charges against Giuliani henchmen

Raw Story  

On Thursday, federal prosecutors indicted two men—Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—for breaking campaign finance law. Thursday afternoon federal agents held a press conference to explain the severity of the charges against the men. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman explained the two men "sought political influence not only to advance their own financial interests, but to advance the political interest of.a Ukrainian …

2 men tied to Trump lawyer Giuliani arrested on campaign charges
5 years, 3 months ago

2 men tied to Trump lawyer Giuliani arrested on campaign charges

Al Jazeera  

Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman are accused of conspiring to ‘funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office’. Washington, DC – Two business associates of US President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been arrested over violations of campaign finance laws, US prosecutors in New York said on Thursday. Parnas and Fruman have been charged with making illegal …

2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations
5 years, 3 months ago

2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations

NPR  

2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP Updated at 7:15 p.m. ET Two Florida-based businessmen who helped President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden in Ukraine have been arrested and charged with campaign finance violations in a separate …

Two Giuliani associates involved in Ukraine probe arrested on campaign finance charges
5 years, 3 months ago

Two Giuliani associates involved in Ukraine probe arrested on campaign finance charges

LA Times  

With public support for the House impeachment inquiry ticking up, two Soviet-born political donors who assisted Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, in pushing Ukraine to investigate alleged corruption were themselves hit with federal charges Thursday, providing Democrats with more allegations of wrongdoing within the president’s inner circle that could spur their investigation. According to the indictment the two …

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