Pictures show Trump with Rudy Giuliani's arrested associates, despite the president saying he doesn't know them

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• US President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he doesn't know two associates of Rudy Giuliani — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — who were arrested on charges of funnelling foreign money into US elections. 
• But pictures have emerged showing Trump with the men, including one showing Parnas with Trump at the White House in May 2018.
• "I don't know those gentlemen. Now it's possible I have a picture with them because I have a picture with everybody, I have a picture with everybody here," Trump said, according to a pool report.
• Parnas and Furman played a key role in helping Giuliani attempt to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Joe Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. 
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday told reporters that he doesn't know two Ukrainian associates of Rudy Giuliani arrested on campaign finance charges — despite being pictured with both of them.

The previous evening Florida-based businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — clients of Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani — were arrested on charges of campaign finance violations involving a pro-Trump PAC and Republican candidates. 

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