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Night. we again with the reported audio that appears to be a conversation between president trump and lev parnas, the man who the president repeatedly said he does not know. abc news reviewed the recording, allegedly made in a private dinner in july 2018. parnas and the president can be heard discussing then-ambassador to the ukraine marie yovanovitch. the president appears to be demanding she be fired, saying get her out. the audio in the hands of federal authorities. vice president pence asked about it today and tonight how he answered. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl lea...

Fruman, to run a campaign to smear ambassador yovanovitch. >> reporter: while rudy giuliani was using parnas and fruman to help him push his conspiracy theories about the bidens and that ukraine was behind the election meddling in 2016, parnas and fruman were using giuliani for their own scheme, to oust a u.s. ambassador getting in the way of their plans for a gas business. sound far fetched? former federal prosecutor ken mccallan has seen it before in ukraine and says the house impeachment inquiry is exposing the real issue. money. >> it's really not just about the bidens, it's not about a dn...

Server being hidden in ukraine. it's really about the money. it's a fight for control of naftogaz and the natural resources. >> reporter: parnas and fruman may have began their plan in 2018. parnas hired giuliani for $500,000. a federal indictment alleges they also began donating hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign funds to republican causes, giving them incredible access to political fund-raising events, including at least ten with president trump. both have pleaded not guilty. "the washington post" even reports lev parnas told the president he needed to replace his u.s. ambassador to...