Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
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.
LevParnas (born February 6, 1972) is a Soviet-born American businessman and former associate of Rudy Giuliani. Parnas, Giuliani, Igor Fruman, John Solomon...
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The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 21, 2024. Parnas, Lev (March 19, 2024). "Written Statement of LevParnas, March 19, 2024" (PDF). House Oversight Committee...
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correspondence of LevParnas (who is a partner of Rudy Giuliani, who in turn was Trump's lawyer). In the correspondence with Arsen Avakov, Parnas mentions the...
indicted Giuliani associate LevParnas by Parnas and his lawyer. In the leaked audiotape of his April 2018 dinner with Trump, Parnas mentioned with regard to...
Soviet-born Americans, LevParnas and Igor Fruman, were liaisons between Giuliani and Ukrainian government officials in this effort. Parnas and Fruman, prolific...
"bad news". Documents to the House Intelligence Committee provided by LevParnas, a former associate of Giuliani, outlined text exchanges in which Lutsenko...
from Florida in 2010. Sargeant loaned money to LevParnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, as Parnas maneuvered to press the Ukrainian government...
reliance on imports of Russian natural gas. Giuliani had directed associate LevParnas to approach Firtash with a recommendation to hire diGenova and Toensing...
recommendation of Giuliani associate LevParnas. The New York Times reported in November that Giuliani had directed Parnas to approach Firtash with the recommendation...
Giuliani for over 17 minutes, after which Giuliani called his associate LevParnas for approximately 12 minutes.: 58 In a statement to CBS News on December...
MSNBC. December 7, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020. "New details in LevParnas' reported effort to help Devin Nunes". The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell...
homosexuality in nations in which homosexuality was illegal. In January 2020, LevParnas told The Daily Beast that he was told to ask Grenell for advance notice...
Intelligence Committee requested that two of Rudy Giuliani's associates, LevParnas and Igor Fruma, present documentation regarding their involvement in the...
according to sources who talked to The Washington Post. In October 2019, LevParnas, a businessman who was working for diGenova and Toensing's firm as an...
Fruman and Parnas assisted him in his search in Ukraine for damaging information about Trump's political opponents. Giuliani sent Fruman and Parnas to Ukraine...
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