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- Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of President Donald Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has provided the House Intelligence Committee with secret recordings of Trump and Giuliani, ABC News reported Sunday.
- Giuliani acted as an unofficial lobbyist for the president in Ukraine, and was allegedly key in launching the search for an investigation into leading Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden that ultimately sparked the impeachment probe.
- Parnas, who was arrested on election finance violation charges in October, helped Giuliani with the investigation and supplied the recordings to the committee in response to a subpoena.
- Parnas denies the election finance violation charges against him.
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Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, has handed secret recordings and photographs to investigators on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating claims Trump committed impeachable offences in seeking to pressure Ukraine to launch criminal probes for his political benefit.
According to ABC News, the material including audio recordings, video recordings and photographs of Trump and Giuliani together, as well as documents in English and Ukrainian. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate symbol, but Hong Kong protesters revived it as an emblem of hope See Also: |