A federal judge has declined to revoke bail for Lev Parnas, despite prosecutors alleging that the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani is a flight risk and lied about his assets and income. Parnas’ lawyer Joseph Bondy has disputed those claims, filing a response to prosecutors Monday saying his client is not a flight risk and that he did not mislead his pretrial services officer. Bondy says the money was sent to Parnas’ wife Svetlana’s bank account as a loan, and therefore is considered part of her assets. Prosecutors were skeptical of that claim. That makes no sense, your honor,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebekah Donaleski said, according to CNN.

Source: Huffington Post December 18, 2019 00:22 UTC