Someone who helped Rudy Giuliani A court document showed an attempt to unearth damaging information about President Joe Biden in Ukraine, and he is expected to plead guilty in a case against U.S. politicians with illegal campaign donations.
Igor Fruman was accused in 2019 of arranging hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Republicans and the Political Action Committee while trying to get Americans interested in investigating Biden’s son Ukraine.
A court document submitted on Monday stated that Fruman had scheduled a hearing on Wednesday to change his defense in the case. He previously pleaded not guilty to these allegations, which also involved accusations that he helped a foreigner donate money to U.S. politicians in order to gain support for the emerging cannabis distribution business in states where the drug is legal.
The court documents did not elaborate on the charges involved in Fruman’s changed plea.
His lawyer and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Fruman and his assistant Lev Panas worked with Giuliani to try to persuade Ukraine to investigate the relationship between Hunter Biden and a Ukrainian energy company.
Republican Giuliani admitted to working extensively with the couple and establishing contacts with Ukrainian figures, but said he did not know that they might have made any illegal campaign donations. Giuliani was not charged in this case.
Federal investigators confiscated electronic devices from Giuliani in April as part of a long-term investigation to investigate whether his transactions with Ukrainian officials may require registration as a foreign agent.
Giuliani said that he did nothing wrong and that the investigation was politically motivated.
