NEW YORK _ Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed former Texas Rep. Pete Sessions as part of a criminal investigation into Rudy Giuliani and a pair of the ex-mayor's arrested pals, according to a spokesman for Sessions.
Matt Mackowiak, a representative for Sessions, said the ex-Republican lawmaker plans to comply with the subpoena, which seeks documents relating to Giuliani's push to remove former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch as well as interactions Sessions had with Giuliani and a pair of his associates who were charged with campaign finance crimes last week.
"Mr. Sessions is cooperating with the U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York and will be providing documents to their office related to this matter over the next couple of weeks as requested," Mackowiak told the New York Daily News.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the Sessions subpoena.
Giuliani's arrested associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, worked with the former New York mayor on a shady effort to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate unfounded corruption claims about Joe Biden and his family before the 2020 election. Their dubious efforts, which were undertaken on President Donald Trump's behalf, sparked the House impeachment inquiry.
As part of their abutting campaign finance scheme, Parnas and Fruman lobbied Sessions on behalf of an unnamed Ukrainian government official in pushing for the ouster of Yovanovitch, who had expressed concern about Giuliani's dirt-digging foray in Ukraine, according to prosecutors.
Manhattan feds are reportedly looking into Giuliani's business relationship with Parnas and Fruman as part of a criminal inquiry that Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said last week is "continuing."
Giuliani said the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan had not contacted him as of late Tuesday, but declined to comment further.
Earlier Tuesday, Giuliani confirmed he received $500,000 from Parnas' company, Fraud Guarantee, for consulting and legal services.
Giuliani insisted that the cash was legitimate and U.S.-sourced, though Parnas is accused by prosecutors of moving around similar amounts of cash that came from unnamed Russians or Ukrainians.
"It is (American money) and I know it," Giuliani told the Daily News, declining to elaborate.
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