Ex-Giuliani associate Fruman to be sentenced in campaign finance case

[RandySF]

NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Igor Fruman, who helped Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani collect damaging information about Joe Biden before he was elected president, will learn on Friday whether he is headed to prison after pleading guilty to a campaign finance violation.

Prosecutors have recommended that Fruman, 55, spend 37 to 46 months in prison, mirroring recommended federal sentencing guidelines.

Fruman is seeking no time behind bars, saying he has already accepted responsibility and spent more than two years in home confinement since his October 2019 arrest.

The government originally charged the Belarus-born Fruman and another former Giuliani associate, Ukraine-born Lev Parnas, with concealing an illegal $325,000 donation to support Trump's 2020 failed bid to be re-elected U.S. president.

Fruman's plea related to an effort to obtain legal, recreational marijuana distribution licenses by donating to candidates in U.S. states where he sought to do business.




https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-giuliani-associate-fruman-be-sentenced-campaign-finance-case-2022-01-21/

[dem4decades]

1. I thought he had dirt on Rudy too, it's always a disappointment.

[2naSalit]

2. Perhaps that's all been...

Catalogued and sent to the J6 comte. as evidence. And maybe he has spoken with them already and now it's time for sentencing him for his crimes.

[dem4decades]

3. Why would DOJ send evidence of a crime to the J6 Committee?

DOJ has the power to bring charges not J6.

[2naSalit]

4. For them to review...

And include their recommendations for others, like Rudy. It helps if all the evidence is the same.