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23 Aug, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Ex-Giuliani Associate Igor Fruman Plans to Plead Guilty in Illegal Contributions Case by @KlasfeldReports

In 2019 Fruman & Lev Parnas were charged with illegal campaign contributions in indictment that revealed plot to oust ex-U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch
lawandcrime.com/high-profile/e…
After 2019 indictment Parnas cooperated w/Dems in the Committee’s investigation. Fruman did not.

Parnas faced additional charges in connection with the company Fraud Guarantee. Fruman did not.

Fruman had pleaded not guilty but will change plea on Wed

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/e…
While Lev Parnas was hired by Firtash lawyers Toensing and DiGenova as an interpreter and paid $1 million by another Firtash lawyer - he and Igor Fruman know a lot about the web behind Giuliani and Russian links to Trump's circle

More on the people involved in the Parnas and Fruman straw donor scheme

An example (not reported elsewhere) of how interconnected Igor Fruman is - his brother Steven ran Buddha Bar in London when it first launched and Buddha Bar in NYC was run by Michael Cohen’s casino boat business partners - both had same Kazakhstani funder
While Michael Cohen and Lev Parnas have cooperated (to some extent, it's impossible to know how much, or how selectively...) - they both know so much more about the network linked to Trump than has been reported on

Reminder from @StacyJannis of Fruman's link to DeSantis

Fruman and Parnas contributed $50,000 (through their company Global Energy Producers) to the DeSantis campaign in 2018 - one day before DeSantis was endorsed by Trump (via Twitter)

Per @KlasfeldReports "The case’s docket does not reveal any information about a plea deal, except to say that Fruman will change his plea in federal court on Wednesday afternoon."

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/e…

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…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/082562…
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