BASH: New CNN reporting today on federal prosecutors inching closer, perhaps, to Rudy Giuliani. CNN's Kara Scannell is in New York. Kara, you have learned that the Southern District of New York is now considering new charges. So tell us what they are and against whom?</s>KARA SCANNELL, CNN REPORTER: That's right Dana, so sources tell me and my colleague Eric Holder in that prosecutors are considering new charges against Giuliani associates in connection with a half a million dollar payment that Giuliani received. So the sources tell us that they are considering charges against Lev Parnas and at least one business partner for misleading potential investors in the company that paid Giuliani. That company was co- founded by Parnas and is called "Fraud Guarantee". So prosecutors are scrutinizing the marketing tactics that were used to sell this investment. And specifically they are looking at whether investors were duped about the value of the company and how they intended to use the proceeds. And over the past several weeks and months prosecutors and agents with the FBI have interviewed multiple investors and through subpoenas have obtained text messages and other documents all relating to this marketing effort. Now, that scrutiny of "Fraud Guarantee" does bring this investigation closer to Giuliani, though it does raise questions as well as what role, if any, he had in the marketing of this company.
CNN: Federal Prosecutors Weigh New Charges For Giuliani Associates.