Former Giuliani business associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to campaign finance conspiracy
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Igor Fruman, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, pleaded guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court to soliciting a political contribution from a foreign national.
Fruman faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on January 21, when he's scheduled to be sentenced, although the range is 37-46 months, based on sentencing guidelines. In his allocution, Fruman described the business venture in cannabis that he and his co-defendants embarked on as having "one part of the business plan including donations to government officials in those states." He added that they had created a draft list with potential names of Democratic and Republican politicians for donations, even though they knew that foreign nationals are barred from making political donations.Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for possessing ammunition was sentenced to time served and a $9,000 fine on Tuesday, local media reported. Tyler Wenrich was facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for ammunition charges in the British territory.