4th Defendant in Giuliani Associates' Case Arrested

WASHINGTON - David Correia, the fourth defendant in a campaign finance case involving business associates of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was arrested Wednesday morning at a New York City airport, officials said. Correia has been charged with participating in a scheme to use foreign money to build political support for a fledgling recreational marijuana business in Nevada and other states, according to an indictment unsealed last week that also charged Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman with conspiracy and making false statements to campaign finance regulators. The other defendants were quickly arrested by the FBI, but Correia had been traveling in the Middle East, and returned to the U.S. to surrender to authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Correia made a brief court appearance Wednesday, where a judge ordered him released on $250,000 bond. He and the other person charged in the case, Andrey Kukushkin, are due back in court Thursday. Parnas and Fruman were originally expected to appear in court Thursday as well, but their hearing has been pushed back to next week. Fruman was released on bond Wednesday, but Parnas remains in jail. Parnas and Fruman, who had been helping Giuliani investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, were arrested a week ago at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, where they had one-way tickets on a flight out of the country, officials said. Giuliani's business dealings with the men are part of the federal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter. Ken McCallion, a New York lawyer who represents clients in Ukraine, said Wednesday that FBI agents reached out to him early this year, asking whether he knew whether Giuliani was connected to Fruman and Parnas - an indication of just how long federal agents have been...