Lev Parnas directly implicates Lindsey Graham in Ukraine plot: 'He was in the loop'

An indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani says Sen. Lindsey Graham was "in the loop" in the scheme to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation into Joe Biden. Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born businessman charged with campaign finance violations, told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°" that Graham has a personal interest in keeping witness testimony out of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. "Sen. Lindsey Graham I haven't had any contact with, but because of my relationship with Rudy Giuliani, I have a lot of information about his dealings," Parnas said. A month or so later Giuliani tried to help Shokin, a former top prosecutor in Ukraine regarded as corrupt by the previous administration and U.S. allies, obtain a visa to meet with Graham in the U.S. "Sen. Graham was involved even before I got involved with Mayor Giuliani, so he had to have been in the loop and had to have known what was going on," Parnas said.