Two federal sources have told me that Parnas is paid by Russian businessmen close to the Kremlin and state-owned Russian institutions. The sources were tracking the money long before Giuliani popped up. “We know who pays Parnas and it isn’t pretty”
The businessmen were identified many months ago as possible Kremlin political influence operators that may disrupt the 2020 elections.
This prediction has come true. The Russian businessmen have successfully funneled money to the President’s lawyer
Mother Jones reported that a California based Russian businessman may be the foreign national in the Parnas indictment motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Reuters just reported that a Russian businessman wired $500,000 to Fruman and Parnas who subsequently funneled it to Giuliani.
This money, per multiple sources, is not clean money. There may not be direct illegality in the payment, but the operations of the businessman are part of a Russian government plot to influence the 2020 elections
I’m not reporting names because of ongoing investigations. /end
