Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas wants a federal judge to ignore prosecutors’ claims that he lied to a pretrial services officer and concealed his finances and to instead loosen his conditions of release, according to a Monday bail memo.
Parnas argued in the filing that a misunderstanding lead Manhattan federal prosecutors to demand his immediate detention on allegations that he lied to the government about his wealth, including a $1 million transfer from a Russian bank account.
Joe Bondy, an attorney for the Miami businessman, wrote in the filing that Parnas had “complied with every condition” of his pre-trial bond agreement.
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Source:: TPM
