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Lev Parnas, left, and Igor Fruman, associates of President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Oct. 9, 2019, on campaign finance charges. (Handout)
The Illinois Republican Party plans to donate the $661 it received nearly three years ago from one of the two Florida businessmen with ties to President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and his push for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, according to the state GOP chairman.
Lev Parnas, who federal election records show donated the money to the local party, along with Igor Fruman were arrested and charged this week with alleged campaign finance violations. The charges relate to a $325,000 donation the men allegedly made to a group supporting Trumps reelection.
The Illinois Republican Party moved swiftly to distance itself from the two men.
No one who works for or is associated with the ILGOP has ever met either of these two men," Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider said in a statement. "It appears the contribution was received via a joint fundraising committee to which the Illinois Republican Party is a party. The Illinois Republican Party is party to a number of joint fundraising committees, including Take Back The House. In light of these circumstances, we will be donating $661 to a charity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republican-party-lev-parnas-donation-giuliani-trump-20191012-qnht5ihfvvhihbcqf3qjlhr45y-story.html
With the corruption hitting the IL dems in the state legislature this is good news.
dem4decades
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(637 posts)Lev and Igor funneled illegal campaign contribution with money supplied to them by an unnamed Russian national.
Below find a partial list of those illegal contributions. Can anyone discern a pattern?
In 2016 Parnas made 20 identical contributions of $661.90 to
the North Carolina REPUBLICAN Party,
the REPUBLICAN Party of Minnesota,
the New Jersey REPUBLICAN State Committee,
the South Carolina REPUBLICAN Party,
the Tennessee REPUBLICAN Party,
the Connecticut REPUBLICAN Party,
the Wyoming REPUBLICAN Party,
the REPUBLICAN Federal Committee of Pennsylvania,
the California REPUBLICAN Party,
the REPUBLICAN Party of Wisconsin,
the New York REPUBLICAN Federal Campaign Committee,
the REPUBLICAN Party of Virginia,
the North Dakota REPUBLICAN Party,
the Mississippi REPUBLICAN Party,
the West Virginia REPUBLICAN Party,
the Alabama REPUBLICAN Party,
the REPUBLICAN Party of Louisiana,
the Illinois REPUBLICAN Party and
the Kansas REPUBLICAN Party.
AND
$50,000 to REPUBLICAN Trump Victory PAC
$2,700 to REPUBLICAN candidate Trump.
33,400 to the REPUBICAN National Committee
$11,000 to the Protect the REPUBLICAN House
$3,300 to the National REPUBLICAN Congressional Committee
$50,000 to REPUBLICAN Pete Sessions for Congress
2017/2018
$325,000 contribution to a pro-Trump Super PAC
$111,000 to the GOPs Protect the House committee
$50,000 to Florida REPUBLICAN governor Ron DeSantis
$20,000 to Rep. Peter Sessions (R-Texas)
$38,000 to the National REPUBLICAN Congressional Committee
$9,600 the the National REPUBLICAN Senate Committee
$2,700 to Rep Peter Sessions for Congress (R-Texas)
$15,000 to REPUBLICAN Rick Scotts Victory Fund.
$2,700 to House GOP Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
$5,000 to Vice Pres. Mike Pences Great America Committee
$5,000 to the Trump Victory PAC.
$2,700 to REPUBLICAN Rick Scott (R-FL)
$5,400 to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)
$9,600 to the National Republican Senate Committee