A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani's indicted associate Lev Parnas said Giuliani directed him to offer Ukraine aid in exchange for an investigation into Joe Biden, according to The New York Times
Parnas' lawyer Joseph Bondy made the comments to The New York Times, which reported Sunday that Parnas believed Giuliani -- President Donald Trump's personal attorney -- was acting with Trump's authorization and traveled to Kiev to convey the message just prior to Zelensky's inauguration in May. But both Giuliani and the meeting's other participants denied Parnas' account to the Times.
Fruman's lawyer John Dowd told the Times that the men looked only to meet with Zelensky and never brought up the US aid or Pence's presence at the inauguration.CNN has reached out to Giuliani and representatives for Parnas and Fruman for comment. Shefir told the Times in a statement that he met with Parnas and Fruman. He noted that Parnas and Fruman did not bring up military aid and had asked for a meeting between Zelensky and Giuliani. "We did not treat Mr. Parnas and Mr.
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