WSJ Exclusive: Two Men Who Helped Giuliani On Ukraine Arrested On Campaign Finance Charges

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, IN - NOVEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives to campaign for Republican Senate hopeful Mike Braun on November 3, 2018 in Franklin Township, Indiana. Braun is locked in a tight race with incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Donnelly. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

According to the Wall Street Journal, two foreign-born men who helped Rudy Giuliani investigate Joe Biden in Ukraine have been arrested on criminal charges for violating campaign finance violations

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Florida businessmen, have been under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, and are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia later on Thursday, the people said. The men’s nationalities was unclear, though both were believed to have been born in former Soviet republics.”

Mr. Giuliani has previously identified the two men as clients. According to the Journal, both men have donated heavily to the GOP campaigns including Donald Trump’s.

The two men are represented by John Dowd, the former lead attorney for Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation.

UPDATE: The indictment has been released and says Lev Parnas met with a Congressman to help with recalling the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.