2 WEEKS AGO: Rudy Giuliani minimized the campaign finance issues facing his Ukrainian researchers LEV PARNAS & IGOR FRUMAN, telling me “I referred them to a campaign finance expert who pretty much resolved it.”
YESTERDAY: Parnas & Fruman were arrested on campaign finance charges
YESTERDAY: Parnas & Fruman were arrested on campaign finance charges
THE INDICTMENT OF PARNAS & FRUMAN: Rudy Giuliani's two Ukrainian researchers are charged (along with two other men) of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws by "engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates…[to] buy influence…" documentcloud.org/documents/6466…
NOT LISTED IN THE INDICTMENT: The company LEV PARNAS & IGOR FRUMAN used for political donations, GLOBAL ENERGY PRODUCERS LLC, also donated $50k to the TRUMP-endorsed Florida gov candidate @RonDeSantisFL in June 2018, then Parnas co-hosted a DeSANTIS fundraiser the next month. 
@RonDeSantisFL NEW: @GovRonDESANTIS's PAC will be disgorging $50,000 from a company owned by RUDY GIULIANI's indicted Ukrainian dirt diggers, LEV PARNAS & IGOR FRUMAN, per statement from DeSantis spox @helenaguirrefer, who says DeSantis's PAC will "return the money to the federal government."
@RonDeSantisFL @GovRonDeSantis @helenaguirrefer A (well-deserved) pat on the back for @Lachlan, who, piece by piece in his @TheDailyBeast newsletter PAY DIRT, unraveled the LEV PARNAS, IGOR FRUMAN campaign finance scheme at the heart of today's indictment.
A testament to working the $-in-politics beat. thedailybeast.com/watchdog-myste…
A testament to working the $-in-politics beat. thedailybeast.com/watchdog-myste…
