Federal prosecutors are reportedly probing whether Rudy Giuliani acted as an 'unregistered foreign agent'

Reuters

• Federal prosecutors have widened their investigation following the arrest of Rudy Giuliani's associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, and are seeking information about Giuliani's lobbying firm, reported The Wall Street Journal.
• Parnas and Fruman, who reportedly helped Giuliani in his push for a Ukrainian investigation into Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden, were arrested in October on campaign finance charges. 
• One investigative source told the Journal that investigators were probing whether Giuliani may have been acting as an "unregistered foreign agent." 
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have expanded their investigation following the arrest of two associates of Rudy Giuliani, and are probing the former New York mayor's consulting firm, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Sources familiar with the matter told the Journal that subpoenas have been issued by federal investigators to potential witnesses as part of the investigation into Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, two associates of Giuliani arrested in October on charges of illegally channeling foreign money into Republican election campaigns. 

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