Washington (CNN) Indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, a central figure in the White House's alleged Ukraine pressure campaign, said President Donald Trump "knew exactly what was going on" despite his repeated denials of wrongdoing. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani, or the President," Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night. Parnas asserted he was the one "on the ground" doing Trump and Giuliani's work, "and that's the secret that they're trying to keep." "Why would President Zelensky's inner circle, or Minister Avakov, or all these people, or President Poroshenko, meet with me? They were told to meet with me," he said.

Source: CNN January 16, 2020 01:41 UTC