U.S. arrests add new twists to Ukraine case

U.S. law enforcement officials have arrested two Ukrainian-born American businessmen named in the whistle-blower account that set off the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

The web is complex. The two were accused of engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office. The indictment also connected them to an effort to remove Marie Yovanovitch from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

They had also played a part in the pressure campaign on Ukraine to investigate Democrats, helping arrange for the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to make connections to Ukrainian politicians.

Scene: The men were arrested at Dulles International Airport near Washington, with one-way tickets out of the country, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan said. Hours earlier, a Wall Street Journal reporter spotted them eating lunch with Mr. Giuliani at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.