(CNN) Republican lawmakers and political action committees that took money from Rudy Giuliani's two associates who are now at the center of the Ukraine scandal are distancing themselves from the donors facing criminal charges, according to a CNN survey. But many of those Republican campaigns and committees are giving away the donations after federal prosecutors indicted Parnas and Fruman, along with two other men, on charges of violating campaign finance laws and lying to the FEC. CNN heard from nine of the 26 Republican lawmakers who directly received money from Parnas or Fruman about the allocation of these funds. The other campaigns and committees could not be reached for comment or did not respond to requests from CNN. The company linked to Parnas and Fruman gave America First Action a total of $325,000 last year, the spokesman said.

Source: CNN October 25, 2019 21:11 UTC