Phone that Rudy Giuliani’s indicted sidekick Lev Parnas turned over to House Intel committee reveals visits to porn and hook-up websites
- Parnas turned over voluminous materials to the committee through his lawyer
- He produced numerous photographs of Parnas with Trump-world figures as well as what he said were notes on Giuliani conversations
- A new report says his Parnas iPhone also shows porn and hookup web sites
- Searches occurred in London and West Palm Beach, where Parnas lives
- The married Parnas wants to testify, and tried to enter a Senate gallery Wednesday only to be denied due to his ankle bracelet
The iPhone device that Rudy Giuliani sidekick Lev Parnas handed over to House investigators to expose their interactions in Ukraine also contained search information for porn and online hookup sites, according to a new report.
Parnas and his attorney handed over a trove of information to the House Intelligence committee – and his notes on conversations with Giuliani and a typed letter from Giuliani to the president of Ukraine quickly became part of the record of information transmitted to the Senate for the Trump impeachment trial.
The device also indicated searches to Porn Hub and a site called FreeF***BuddyTonight.com, as well as to Backpage.com, a site whose online ads the FBI shut down in 2018, it was reported Wednesday.
Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political rivals, turned over electronics to the House Intelligence Committee. Along with
The searches were conducted in London, as well as West Palm Beach, where Parnas lives, as well as other areas in the state, according to the Daily Caller, which reported the information, and cited its own review of the files.
As the report notes, the information on the web searches does not contain any evidence of wrongdoing by Parnas – who has become a key figure in the Ukraine affair.
The publication says it paints ‘a more complete picture of the information’ that Parnas gave the committee.
Parnas went on a media tour and made stunning revelations while he and his lawyer put out pictures and video information detailing interactions with President Trump, Trump family members, and Trump associates.
The president has said he doesn’t know Parnas, although a video published by ABC this past weekend shows him and Trump talking about the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whom Trump wanted to ‘get rid of,’ saying: ‘Take her out.’
The tape, which according to the Parnas camp was recorded by fellow indicted Giuliani associate Igor Fruman, was the subject of a question at trial by Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Patty Murray of Washington.
The report on the web searches came as Parnas visited the Capitol during the impeachment trial, where he wants to be interviewed but so far without success by Parnas and his attorney.
The indicted Parnas need to receive a judge’s permission to go to Washington. Parnas has been indicted by federal prosecutors in New York.
Lev Parnas goes through a security check point at the Dirksen Senate Office Building
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, walks to the U.S. Capitol after arriving in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020
Members of the media surround Lev Parnas when he arrives on Capitol Hill
He couldn’t enter the Senate chamber because of a GPS tracking device attached to his leg. No electronics are allowed during the trial.
After he and his attorney Joseph Bondy picked up tickets from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s office, Bondy said his client would be watching from a ‘safe’ place while he watched from the Senate chamber.
‘My goal is hopefully to look at the senators and have them look at me and see that we need to call witnesses. The truth needs to come out. I’m here. I’m one of the most important witnesses. Me and John Bolton. The two of us put all the dots together,’ he told reporters.
Parnas pictured with Rudy Giuliani
The phone Parnas provided to the House reportedly also showed searches of porn and hookup sites
Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas (second and third from left) pictured with Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has coffee with Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2019