Giuliani associate Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison

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Giuliani associate Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison

The Associated Press

June 29, 2022, 1:01 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes.

Parnas, who had helped Giuliani connect with Ukrainian figures as part of a campaign to dig up dirt on President Joe Biden’s son, had sought leniency on the grounds that he’d helped the Congressional probe.

But prosecutors said the Soviet-born businessman’s aid was in response to a subpoena and deserved little credit. ... Instead, they asked the judge to focus on a jury’s finding that Parnas used the riches of a wealthy Russian to make illegal donations to politicians who might aid the launch of a legal recreational-marijuana business. ... Prosecutors had asked that Parnas be sentenced to more than six years.

An October conviction also supported a finding that he made illegal donations in 2018 to jump-start a new energy company. ... In March, Parnas pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, admitting that between 2012 and 2019 he conspired with another person to give investors false information about a Florida-based business, Fraud Guarantee.

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[Sneederbunk]

1. And Rudy gets a slap on the back.

[riversedge]

2. Rudy will be crying about that forever.

[iluvtennis]

3. Ugh-not enough time in prison. White collar crime sentences always seem to be a slap on the hand. nt

[erronis]

5. Don't forget - the justice system is populated by white collars.

As an aside and given your handle, has anyone heard from 10SNE1 recently?

[iluvtennis]

8. Don't know @10SNE1. You could send them a DU email. n/t

[maxsolomon]

4. Parnas appeared on TRMS multiple times, IIRC

He seemed to be genuinely remorseful about his actions at that time - at least in the Ukraine-pressure campaign of Impeachment 1.0.

"Fraud Guarantee" is such a perfect name.

[deurbano]

6. I do appreciate the (seeming, anyway) remorse of Cohen and Parnas, especially given how rare

it is with that crowd.

[maxsolomon]

7. D&D is their normal practice: Deny & Deflect.

Apologies are for losers.

[japple]

9. Amen. You won't ever see them weeping like Jimmy Swaggart. But they aren't

trying to get into heaven.

[SoCalDavidS]

10. It Pays To Be An Asshole Like Giuliani

When you're remorseful, and try to cooperate, you get sentenced to a prison term.

When you act like Rudy, you don't.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. What about sidekick Igor??