President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani denied being involved with a Ukrainian oligarch whose ethical issues have dovetailed with the ongoing impeachment inquiry into the president.
"I wasn't planning to go see him," Giuliani said."That was the last thing from my mind on why I was going to Vienna. There was a very important reason I was going that I'm not at liberty to disclose right now that will make it quite clear [Parnas and Fruman] were not fleeing. And I don't know, I can't speak for them, they have their own businesses. I actually do two things with them. I represent their company, and they help me find people.
Giuliani insisted he has"nothing to do with Firtash," whose legal team includes Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, the pro-Trump husband and wife attorneys who"So, Firtash, I know nothing about," Giuliani said."I'm not going to answer any questions about because I'm probably going to get it wrong, and you can ask them.""I'm not even sure the president is aware of him," Giuliani said.
as the Department of Justice seeks to prosecute him over allegations he bribed Indian officials to land a lucrative mining deal. Federal prosecutors labeled him as an"upper-echelon [associate] of Russian organized crime." Firtash has denied that label and the charge, fighting them from Vienna, where he has lived for the past five years.
Parnas has been working for Firtash's legal team as a translator, a spokesman for DiGenova and Toensing told NBC News. The spokesman denied that Parnas' Vienna trip involved Firtash.
House Democrats subpoenaed Parnas and Fruman for documents and testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry, which began soon after it was revealed that Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart in July for"a favor" that included probing the Bidens and investigating a conspiracy involving the 2016 election
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