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Besides giving $325,000 dollars — that they did not personally have — to “a group supporting Trump’s reelection,” these Rudy Bagmen were funneling foreign money to several other GOP interests:
Illinois Republican Party among groups that got donations from indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani
by Tina Sfondeles, Chicago SUn-Times — Oct 10, 2019
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Federal campaign finance records show the Illinois Republican Party received $661.90 from Parnas on Oct. 24, 2016 — the same amount he gave to several other groups that day, including the Republican parties of Virginia, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, and West Virginia, among others. Parnas began contributing to political organizations in 2016.
Prosecutors charge that the two men falsely claimed the contributions came from GEP, which was described as a liquefied natural gas business. At that point, the company had no income or significant assets, according to the indictment.
Parnas and Fruman were arrested on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and falsification of records. The men had key roles in Giuliani’s efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
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Given that Rudy probably didn’t have $325K walking-around the money to underwrite Parnas and Fruman GOP funding efforts — it is probably much more likely that they are “Putin’s Plumbers”.
Rudy just took the ‘Dirty Documents’ they were falsifying — No Questions asked.
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