Vice President Pence on Thursday denied knowing Lev Parnas, describing as “completely false” the Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Parnas says he doesn’t think that Joe Biden did anything wrong regarding Ukraine Parnas: Environment around Trump ‘like a cult’ MORE associate’s allegations about his knowledge of a scheme at the center of the impeachment proceedings against President TrumpDonald John TrumpLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Saudi Arabia paid 0 million for cost of US troops in area Parnas claims ex-Trump attorney visited him in jail, asked him to sacrifice himself for president MORE.
“I don’t know the guy,” Pence told reporters in Tampa, Fla., when asked about Parnas.
Pence, who is on a swing through Florida for Trump campaign events, said Parnas’s allegation that he was aware of efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Ex-Obama official on Sanders-Warren feud: ‘I don’t think it played out well for either of them’ Parnas says he doesn’t think that Joe Biden did anything wrong regarding Ukraine MORE and his son Hunter was “completely false.”
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Parnas, who was indicted on campaign finance charges last year, recently turned over documents to House investigators that shed light on a push by Giuliani and others to oust former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Parnas says he told Trump Yovanovitch was badmouthing him. Trump turned to aide and said ‘fire her’ Overnight Defense: GAO finds administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid | Senate opens Trump trial | Pentagon to resume training Saudi students soon MORE.
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Parnas sat for an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel MaddowRachel Anne MaddowLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Parnas claims ex-Trump attorney visited him in jail, asked him to sacrifice himself for president Parnas says he doesn’t think that Joe Biden did anything wrong regarding Ukraine MORE that aired Wednesday evening, leveling a series of allegations against Trump, Pence and others that the White House thus far has brushed off.
He claimed that Pence’s trip to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May was canceled because Ukraine hadn’t announced an investigation into the Bidens. He also suggested Pence was “in the loop” on the push for the investigation, adding, “He couldn’t have not known.”
Parnas also claimed that Pence was tasked to go Poland to meet with Zelensky in early September to press Kyiv to investigate the Bidens.
Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short previously denied Parnas’s claims, but Thursday’s remarks were the vice president’s first on the subject.
He also weighed in on the Democrat-controlled House’s decision to impeach Trump, dismissing it as a partisan exercise.
“I heard it and saw it in the crowd today — everywhere I go people see this partisan impeachment for what it is, an effort to overturn the results of the last election,” Pence told reporters.