NEW YORK — Igor Fruman, one of two indicted associates of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, will remain on house arrest, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Oetken ruled on Thursday.
Todd Blanche, Fruman’s attorney, had sought to lift the restrictions that required Fruman remain in his home and be subjected to GPS monitoring. Blanche attempted to persuade the judge that Fruman wasn’t attempting to flee when he was arrested Oct. 9 at Dulles International Airport with a one-way ticket to Vienna, making the current bail restrictions onerous.
Fruman has been indicted on charges that he and another Giuliani associate, Lev Parnas, funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign money into U.S. elections, including a pro-Trump Super PAC. Both associates have pleaded not guilty.
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