both lev parnas and igor fruman pled not guilty. mr. parnas had since made public claims including on this show he was basically bamboozled into a plot by giuliani and trump and some other trump world figures to try to wheedle dirt out of the nation of ukraine to be used against joe biden in the 2020 election. that plot ultimately led to trump impeachment number one. lev parnas has publicly named not just rudy giuliani and donald trump but also trump administration officials including william barr, the former attorney general, as having been in the loop on some of that scam. mr. parnas has kind of fairly high profile figure since he was charged, even as he is fighting these charges and pleading not guilty. mr. fruman has been much less of a high profile figure, but it's from frumin, igor, who is apparently going to change his plea from not guilty to guilty. a change of plea notice was docketed in his case today. he'll have a hearing on that matter before a federal judge in new york on wednesday. now, in the filings around that wednesday

because of igor fruman's links with former president trump and mr. giuliani, because of the subsequent revelations about giuliani being under investigation. igor pleading guilty has to be a very uncomfortable making development for parts of trump world tonight. if his guilty plea is going to be accompanied by a cooperation deal with federal prosecutors. we shall see. so we're following that. also, coming up in a moment, we're going to be speaking with john kirby, admiral john kirby, spokesperson, the press secretary at the pentagon. lots to talk with him about today with the fda giving full gold standard approval to the pfizer vaccine against covid-19, that cleared the way within hours today for the pentagon to institute a new requirement that all active duty u.s. troops must be vaccinated. that's fascinating new development today at the defense department, and we'll have big implications in terms of how quickly it's rolled out and what happens to service members who may refuse to get vaccinated even though they're required to get lots of other vaccin

whether this means igor fruman is cooperating with prosecutors. to tell them what he knows, about other people's actions, about other potential crimes. because of igor foreman's links, with former president trump, and mr. giuliani, we cause of the subsequent revelations about mr. giuliani being under federal investigation for his part for whatever they are doing in ukraine. igor, the man you see on the right here with president trump, he pled guilty, and it has to be a very uncomfortable development, for parts of trump world tonight. if his guilty plea is going to be accompanied by and a cooperation deal with federal prosecutors. we shall see. we are following that. also, coming up in just a moment. we will be speaking with john kirby, admiral john kirby, the spokes person at the press secretary at the pentagon. lots to talk with him about today. with the fda given full gold standard approval to the pfizer vaccine against covid-19. that cleared the way within hours today, for the pentagon to institute a new requirement, that all active dewy u.s. tr

giuliani associate igor fruman who is charged with federal campaign finance violations will appear beforeck in 2019. fruman alongside parnes aided giuliani in his dealings with ukraine in an attempt to dig up information on joe and hunter biden in the 2020 election. as we wait until the hearing tomorrow, the big question that remains is whether fruman will cooperate with prosecutors in the case, a possibility that could worry giuliani who is currently under investigation himself though he has not yet been accused of any crimes. joining us now, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor, and frank figliuzzi is still with us. joyce, what might this mean for rudy giuliani? >> well, unfortunately, the docket -- the notation on the court's docket that there's about to be a change of plea hearing doesn't reveal a lot of information to us. chris, there's now some indication that this hearing may be put off until early september at the request of mr. fruman's lawyer. but when defendants change their plea from not guilty, which is very standard at arraignment, to a plea of guilt, that