Reuters: “A former associate of Rudy Giuliani who sought to dig up damaging information in Ukraine about U.S. President Joe Biden before the 2020 election, pleaded guilty on Friday to one criminal count in a campaign finance case. Igor Fruman told U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan federal court on Friday he would plead guilty. The changed plea could increase legal pressure on Giuliani, the one-time New York City mayor and U.S. Attorney in Manhattan who later became former U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Federal prosecutors have been examining Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, including whether he violated lobbying laws by acting as an unregistered foreign agent while working for Trump. Giuliani has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing. The Belarus-born Fruman and co-defendant Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born businessman, had pleaded not guilty to concealing an illegal $325,000 donation to support Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, and lying to the Federal Election Commission. Their case has drawn added scrutiny because of their work with Giuliani on matters related to Ukraine.”