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Parnas, Former Ukraine Fixer, Shows up Outside Trump Trial

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January 29, 2020 at 1:43 pm
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Parnas, Former Ukraine Fixer, Shows up Outside Trump Trial

Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, sits in the waiting room of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office while attempting to meet with U.S. Senators and attempting to attend the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump after arriving on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of President Donald Trump’s political rivals, traveled to Washington on Wednesday for Trump’s impeachment trial — but he was turned away at the U.S. Capitol.

Trailed by TV cameras, photographers and a sign that read “FAIR TRIAL,” Parnas posed for selfies with a pink-hatted woman as he walked from Union Station to the U.S. Capitol building.

“It’s a surreal feeling,” Parnas said. “Right now I’m just going on adrenaline.”

But U.S. Capitol Police prevented Parnas from entering the building.

No electronics are allowed in the Senate visitors’ gallery, and Parnas has been ordered to wear an ankle bracelet to track his location as he awaits trial on federal campaign finance charges.

He left in a taxi before the Senate convened at 1:00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT).

Parnas’ appearance comes as the Senate moves towards a climactic showdown over whether they should hear from witnesses and consider other evidence in the trial, as Democrats want, or move toward a final vote on whether Trump should be removed from office, as many Republicans want.

Parnas has offered to testify in the impeachment trial, though Democrats have shown little interest in calling him as a witness.

The Ukrainian-born businessman’s arrival, advertised beforehand on social media by his attorney, drew bullhorn-wielding protesters, police, and a swarm of media

Earlier this month, Parnas handed over text messages and other correspondence that detailed his efforts to work with Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to get Ukraine to announce that it would open a corruption investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election.

Parnas is seeking leniency as he faces federal charges for allegedly funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee.

Giuliani has distanced himself from Parnas, and Trump says he did not know him, despite photographs showing the two men together and a recording of Trump bantering about golf and Ukraine with Parnas and other guests at a private dinner at the Trump Hotel.

(Writing by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Ross Colvin and Alistair Bell)

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