Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was arrested last month on charges of violating campaign-finance law and has emerged as a central player in the events that led the House to open a presidential-impeachment inquiry, has changed course and will now comply with the inquiry, according to his lawyer.
"We will honor and not avoid the committee's requests to the extent they are legally proper, while scrupulously protecting Mr Parnas' privileges including that of the Fifth Amendment," Parnas's lawyer Joseph Bondy told Reuters.
Parnas was subpoenaed by the House on the same day that he and his business partner, Igor Fruman, were charged with illegally disguising donations to Republican candidates "for the purpose of gaining influence with politicians so as to advance their own personal financial interests and the political interests of Ukrainian government officials."
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