Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, used $100,000 from a wealthy Russian businessman to make illegal donations to U.S. politicians, a federal prosecutor said on October 13.
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Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-Floridian businessman who is both a client and associate of Rudy Giuliani, leaves with his wife Svetlana Parnas after his arraignment in the Southern District of New York court on Oct. 23, 2019.
