Lev Parnas | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 6, 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brooklyn College Baruch College |
| Children | 6, including Aaron Parnas |
Lev Parnas (born February 6, 1972)[1] is a Soviet-born American businessman and former associate of Rudy Giuliani. Parnas, Giuliani, Igor Fruman, John Solomon, Yuriy Lutsenko, Dmytro Firtash and his allies, Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova, were involved in creating the false Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory, which is part of the Trump–Ukraine scandal's efforts to damage Joe Biden.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] As president, Donald Trump said he did not know Parnas or what he was involved in; Parnas insisted Trump "knew exactly what was going on".[10]
In October 2021, Parnas was found guilty in U.S. Federal Court on six counts related to illegal donations to the 2020 campaign of Donald Trump.[11] He was sentenced to 20 months in prison, three years of supervised release and $2,322,500 in restitution on June 29, 2022.[12]
- ^ Entous, Adam (October 15, 2019). "How Lev Parnas Became Part of the Trump Campaign's "One Big Family"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on January 18, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ Butler, Desmond; Biesekler, Michael; Lardner, Richard (October 6, 2019). "AP sources: Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Berman, Geoffrey S. "United States of America v. Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, David Correia, and Andrey Kukushkin" (PDF) (Sealed indictment). United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019 – via The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Vogel, Kenneth P. (October 10, 2019). "Giuliani's Ukraine Team: In Search of Influence, Dirt and Money". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Sisak, Michael R.; Balsamo, Michael; Tucker, Eric (April 28, 2021). "Feds raid Giuliani's home, office, escalating criminal probe". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Kalmbacher, Colin (February 6, 2020). "Fox News Internal 'Briefing Book' Admits Rudy Giuliani Spreads 'Disinformation'". Law&Crime (lawandcrime.com). Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
The document's existence was first made public by three-year Fox News veteran and former freelance producer Marcus DiPaola, who says he left the network under suspicious circumstances—after providing information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation—in January of last year.
- ^ Sommer, Will; Tani, Maxwell; Kirell, Andrew (February 6, 2020). "Fox News Internal Document Bashes Pro-Trump Fox Regulars for Spreading 'Disinformation'". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ DiPaola, Marcus J. (February 8, 2020). "Here's the front page of the internal Fox News Trump-Ukraine timeline. I'll start tweeting some of the highlights shortly". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022. Based on a 9 December 2019 update of the document.
- ^ Keys, Matthew (February 6, 2020). "Here's the full Fox News "Brain Room" book on Trump-connected "disinformation campaign"". The Desk. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022. Based on a 9 December 2019 update of the document.
- ^ Herman, Steve; Bredemeier, Ken (January 16, 2020). "Trump Terms Parnas Claims 'The Current Hoax'". Voice of America. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Moynihan, Colin (October 22, 2021). "Lev Parnas, Ex-Giuliani Ally, Is Convicted of Campaign Finance Charges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Morales, Mark (June 29, 2022). "Former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas sentenced to 30 months in prison". CNN. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
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