Here Are the Republicans -- So Far -- Connected to Rudy Giuliani's Arrested Ukrainian Clients

Rudy Giuliani‘s friends, clients and Ukrainian hatchet menLev Parnas and Igor Fruman face several felonies over their roles in various conspiracies and efforts to defraud the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) by allegedly misrepresenting the source of funds and for unlawfully soliciting foreign campaign contributions.

Before it all fell apart, however, Parnas and Fruman were ascendant backdoor power players in GOP politics across the country.

Starting in late 2016, Parnas began spreading his financial largesse across the country by way of various state Republican Party groups.

A search of FEC records shows that during the last week of October 2016, Parnas made 20 identical contributions of $661.90 to the North Carolina Republican Party, the Republican Party of Minnesota, the New Jersey Republican State Committee, the South Carolina Republican Party, the Tennessee Republican Party, the Connecticut Republican Party, the Wyoming Republican Party, the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, the California Republican Party, the Republican Party of Wisconsin, the New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, the Republican Party of Virginia, the North Dakota Republican Party, the Mississippi Republican Party, the West Virginia Republican Party, the Alabama Republican Party, the Republican Party of Louisiana, the Illinois Republican Party and the Kansas Republican Party.

And, just before the 2016 presidential election, Parnas made a statutory maximum donation of $2,700 to then-candidate Trump.

In June 2018, Parnas gifted the same statutory maximum contribution to House GOP Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Law&Crime initially spoke with Rep. McCarthy’s office. They confirmed they were aware of the issue, but a follow-up email went unanswered.

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