Lev Parnas, Giuliani associate, asks to share info and documents with House Intel Committee

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WASHINGTON – Lawyers for Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, announced Monday that they asked a judge permission to turn over documents and iPhone data to the House Intelligence Committee.

“We’ve asked the Court for permission to give the contents of Lev Parnas’s iPhone and other documents—to be produced to the defense by DOJ tomorrow—to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence #HPSCI for use in the impeachment inquiry,” Joseph Bondy, Parnas' lawyer, wrote.

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"Review of these materials is essential to the Committee's ability to corroborate the strength of Mr. Parnas's potential testimony," Bondy continued in a letter to U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken, that he expects to receive from prosecutors the iPhone content and other documents on Tuesday that were previously seized from Parnas' house.

We’ve asked the Court for permission to give the contents of Lev Parnas’s iPhone and other documents—to be produced to the defense by DOJ tomorrow—to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence #HPSCI for use in the impeachment inquiry. #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers pic.twitter.com/iYNPb0DoGt — Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) December 31, 2019

Parnas, 47, a Ukraine-born businessman, was indicted in October with Belarus-born business associate Igor Fruman on charges they conspired to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign money to U.S. political candidates and campaign committees. Evidence in the case includes $325,000 allegedly contributed under a false donor name to a super political action committee for Trump.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

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Parnas and Fruman helped Giuliani as he sought damaging information in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe about the family of former Vice President Joe Biden – who's vying for the Democratic nomination to challenge Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

House lawmakers conducting the impeachment investigation against Trump subpoenaed Parnas and Fruman after they learned of Giuliani's drive to oust Marie Yovanovitch, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. After Trump complained about Yovanovitch, the U.S. Department of State recalled the veteran diplomat from her post in May.

The potential new documents come weeks after Trump was impeached on two articles — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet sent the articles to the Senate.

Contributing: Kevin McCoy