(CNN) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will donate money raised in connection with indicted associates of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a spokesman said Thursday.

"These contributions were made ahead of events sponsored by Protect the House, a joint fundraising committee that McCarthy helped form last cycle," a spokesman for McCarthy told CNN. "The deception documented in today's indictment has no place in our country and as a result, McCarthy plans to donate amounts received to a local charity."

McCarthy's move comes after two associates of Giuliani connected to efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden were arrested trying to leave the country and indicted on criminal charges for allegedly funneling foreign money into US elections.

The two Giuliani-linked defendants, Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, were detained at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Wednesday evening. They were booked on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany, to connect to another flight, according to a law enforcement source.

According to Federal Election Commission data , Parnas donated $2,700 to Kevin McCarthy for Congress, and $11,000 to Protect the House.

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