Washington, Feb 4:United States district court in New York scheduled a trial on October 5 for Ukraine-born businessman Lev Parnas and his colleague Igor Fruman, who allegedly acted on behalf of US President Donald Trump to undermine Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign, a court notice revealed.
“Jury trial set for October 5, 2020 at 0930 hrs,” the court notice said on Monday evening.
In October, the US authorities arrested Parnas and Fruman for having engaged in illegal campaign contributions.
The Ukraine-born Parnas and Belarus-born Fruman were charged last October over their alleged use of a shell company to make an illegal $325,000 donation to a committee supporting the Republican president’s re-election.
The next status conference in the scheduled for July 16, the court noted added.
Parnas had offered to testify at Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate about efforts to remove Marie Yovanovitch, from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine, and to gather “dirt” on leading Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 51-49 on Friday against calling witnesses at the impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s likely acquittal.
(UNI)
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