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Lev Parnas (left) and Igor Fruman (right) is accused of Campaign Finance violations

Two trump-givers entrusted with the task of violations of Campaign -Finance laws, New York , as the prosecution says.

businessman Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman conspired to "funnel money to candidates for Federal and state office," say the charges.

The couple have been in connection with the US President Donald Trump 's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani .

they were contenders peddling unsubstantiated corruption claims against a top Democratic presidential.

Both men are U.S. citizens. Mr. Parnas was born in the Ukraine , Mr. Fruman in Belarus.

The two men were arrested at the Dulles International Airport in Virginia, before she could Board a scheduled flight to Vienna, Austria, were taken, on Wednesday evening.

she appeared in Federal Court in Virginia on Thursday .

Mr Fruman (left, in white) and Mr. Parnas (center) in court, her lawyer appeared on Thursday

John Dowd, who previously represented Mr Trump has commented on the US media.

Two other men, Andrey Kukushkin, a Ukrainian, and David Correia, a U.S. citizen, were also charged in the same case, on Thursday . Mr Correia is not yet in state custody.

the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told reporters on Thursday that he never Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman met, but "heard about them".

What you are being accused of?

Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, were charged with conspiracy, lying, and falsification of records.

The couple is accused of circumventing U.S. Campaign -Finance laws through a money laundering scheme.

The indictment says that you used an unnamed foreign nationals, The Money for the illegal political donations in their own name and lied to the Federal Election Commission.

Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman hide allegedly setting up an energy company in Florida, the sources of their funding.

the donation of $325,000 (£264,000) are accused falsely in the year 2018 to a pro-Trump, a political action committee - are calling for thought "Board-1" in the indictment - in the name of this company, it was for the purposes of the business.

The same donation was Watchdog the subject of a complaint by Campaign financial.

Donald Trump 's lawyer Rudy Giuliani is seen with a Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas in the Trump International Hotel in Washington

Together with this donation, Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, up from $400,000 to Republican campaigns in just a few months.

The contributions are allowed to meet The Men , the leaders of the Republican Party , including Mr Trump in the White house and in his resort in Florida, Mar-a-Lago.

Mr. Fruman and Mr. Parnas also allegedly thrown thousands of dollars in funds for an unnamed Congressman, to search, to remove their "support for the causation of the U.S. government or to remember, the then US Ambassador in Ukraine ".

This was allegedly done in part by "The Request of one or several Ukrainian government officials."

Campaign Finance records show, The Congressman was the former Texas Republican Pete Sessions , lost his re-election in November last year, the U.S. media reports.

The Ambassador was at the time, Marie Yovanovitch , who is expected to testify before The House of representatives on Friday to discuss the Ukraine 's request.

Ms Yovanovitch was dismissed by the trump-administration earlier this year.

A double-headed threat for trombone

The arrest of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman presents a double-headed threat to the Republicans and President Donald Trump .

The First concern is The allegation that the two Soviet-born businessmen were smuggling hundreds of thousands of foreign dollars to Republican groups, state parties and candidates, in the center of the 2016 Campaign , an election, where foreign interference was of concern to a very serious. is

More Than a few Republican elected officials and activists are going to uncomfortable questions of why they were the recipient of international largess - and if all of the strings that came with The Money . A donation, for example, was allegedly tied to the (eventually successful) efforts to eliminate the US Ambassador in the Ukraine , Marie Yovanovitch .

This brings Pain to The Other source of the Republican - Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman close connection to Donald Trump 's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani , who met with the two The Day before they tried to leave the country.

they were already The Target of the prosecution's investigators for their role in the support of Giuliani Ukrainian detective work of the project. Your arrest is only the Democrats is a need " request for documents and statements all the more urgent.

There are new threads in the story is suspended, and the Congress is set to begin, drag and drop.

what about Giuliani?

Mr. Parnas has a long-standing associate of Mr. Giuliani, joined Mr. Fruman help to connect The President is a lawyer with the Ukrainian Prosecutor's office.

The couple helped organize a meeting between the former Ukrainian Prosecutor's office, Yuri Lutskeno and Mr. Giuliani in January, according to the Associated Press .

Mr. Giuliani, who in may called Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman as his clients.

In the complaint that triggered the Ukraine -request on Capitol Hill , the whistleblower noted concerns that Mr. Trump was soliciting "with The Power of his office to interference from a foreign country" in the upcoming presidential elections.

The whistleblower report also, Mr. Giuliani's involvement in the Ukraine and his work with Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, referred to as his "two employees mentioned".

what is the Trump?

The trump administration's role in the Ukraine is the focus of a congressional impeachment inquiry.

The probe relates to Mr Trump's application in July, a phone call for Ukraine President Biden to launch an investigation into the former US Vice-President Joe is now a White house hopeful.

the charges are The First criminal trial in connection with the Ukraine investigation.

the alleged Campaign Finance violations, not relating to Mr Trump directly, although the activities of Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, as two employees of The President 's personal lawyer, congressional control.

The couple was expected to appear on Thursday and Friday before the Democratic-led Congress Committee of investigation, Mr. Trump.

according to the indictment, the legislature, Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman issued with a court summons to force them to provide documents to The Request .

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Source of news: bbc.com