During a press stakeout near the Capitol subway, I showed Senator Braun this tweet and asked him to respond to the photograph.
Reporting on his response soon. 🔽
Reporting on his response soon. 🔽
Here's a teaser for now:
Q: Senator, I just want to show you something. There’s a tweet from the attorney for Lev Parnas showing a picture of you with Mr. Parnas and Mr. Giuliani.
Senator Braun: (looking at the Bondy’s tweet) Yeah, isn’t that something?
Q: Senator, I just want to show you something. There’s a tweet from the attorney for Lev Parnas showing a picture of you with Mr. Parnas and Mr. Giuliani.
Senator Braun: (looking at the Bondy’s tweet) Yeah, isn’t that something?
Sen. Braun: Rudy was invited into a campaign stop. I’d never met Rudy before, for 15 minutes. Then... it looks like Lev and his sidekick [Igor Fruman] were good buddies of Rudy. And Rudy looks like he’s very cosmopolitan. So, yes, I didn’t even know about that until it shows up.
When asked about details, the Indiana senator responded graciously without getting defensive. He said the encounter occurred in his home state on a campaign stop.
"So, yeah, that’s one of those things, you never know when you’re gonna get a surprise like that," he said.
"So, yeah, that’s one of those things, you never know when you’re gonna get a surprise like that," he said.
Audio and write-up of the encounter coming up soon, for @CourthouseNews.
@CourthouseNews "Senator Braun Reacts to Photo with Lev Parnas"
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