HOLLAND — Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas, who was accused of using foreign money to sway U.S. elections, was at the Holland Civic Center last year for a Republican campaign event.

Parnas was arrested this month, along with Igor Fruman, who both serve as associates of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer.

Federal prosecutors accused Parnas and Fruman of attempting to funnel foreign money into American elections and influencing U.S. politics on behalf of at least one Ukrainian government official, according to Politico reporting.

Parnas was on the second floor of the Holland Civic Center on Nov. 3 during a last-minute campaign stop for Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James.

The event kicked off with an endorsement from Giuliani, who urged the room full of hundreds of people to vote for James, who was defeated in the November 2018 election three days later by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

Parnas was photographed during the event standing beside Giuliani, former GOP State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons, former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, Congressman Bill Huizenga, and other GOP politicians.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Parnas’ private Instagram account, which shows a photo posted Nov. 3, 2018 — the same day they were in Holland — of Parnas sitting in a jet next to Giuliani.

During the Holland campaign stop, Giuliani told the crowd if Democrats gained control of the House after the Nov. 6, 2018 election, President Trump and recently appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would surely be impeached.

Parnas also attended campaign events the following day on Nov. 4, 2018, with Ron DeSantis at the end of the Republican candidate’s 2018 campaign for governor of Florida, according to Politico reporting. Parnas was photographed Nov. 4 with DeSantis at his campaign rally in South Daytona.

— Contact reporter Kate Carlson at kcarlson@hollandsentinel.com and follow her on Twitter @SentinelKate.