https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/politics/lev-parnas-documents-house-investigators/index.html

By Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb, CNN

Updated 5:01 PM ET, Tue January 14, 2020

(CNN)House Democrats are poring through reams of material by indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to see whether there's anything that could be used at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Officials on the House Intelligence and House Oversight committees are trying to quickly assess the vast array of records that Parnas provided to Capitol Hill, including photos, dozens of text messages and thousands of pages of documents, according to the sources. Joseph Bondy, Parnas' attorney, hand-delivered the contents of an iPhone to the Intelligence panel's staff over the weekend.

The Senate trial is expected to begin next week, and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, is expected to lead the House's presentation of the case against the President. The House is expected to have to present exhibits and trial records ahead of time, according to the sources, which means Democrats need to see what, if anything, could be used in the trial on the front end — although the House has yet to see the formal resolution laying out the trial rules from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

"I think it's something we can't ignore," said Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat on both the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees, told CNN when asked about Parnas' documents. "To what extent we can get through it before the Senate trial remains to be seen."

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