On his way to listen to the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump, Lev Parnas, indicted associate of the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, hinted Wednesday that there is much more to the impeachment allegations against the president, reports CNN. So it’s not just the July phone call in which Trump allegedly attempted to trade military aid to Ukraine for info on a political rival. Taking questions from surrounding reporters as he walked, Lev Parnas can be seen on video saying: "The president knew everything that was going on in Ukraine, and he put pressure, and there was many quid pro quos."
Parnas went on to say “a lot” happened before the call in question July 25. “I think there’s a lot of evidence,” he said. But when asked to detail that evidence, he, responded: “I think I should leave that to when I’m under oath because I think that would be more powerful than just giving different tidbits. I think I’ve said enough.”
Parnas has been submitting files, text messages, and audio recordings to assist House impeachment investigators, CNN reported. In one recording from a dinner April 2018, Trump can be heard demanding the removal of Marie Yovanovich, who at the time was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the news network reported. When Parnas was asked whether he thought additional recordings submitted in the trial should be made public, he said: “I want everything to be made public.”