The federal judge overseeing the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has already handled cases in President Donald Trump’s orbit.

A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 in an unrelated campaign finance case.

The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani and a guilty plea set to occur this week by a second associate puts a spotlight on him as a government probe of the former mayor continues.

DeSantis was among Florida Republican candidates who received contributions during the 2018 election cycle from Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were arrested on campaign-finance charges involving the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action. With photos emerging this week of the duo close by DeSantis during his election-night party last November, DeSantis said Wednesday he was unaware of the alleged illegal activities and that the two appeared "legitimate." Florida Democrats have seized on the developments to try to link the arrested men to DeSantis. On Wednesday, before DeSantis responded to a question from a reporter in Jupiter, the Democratic Party issued a release asking: "What is DeSantis hiding from his relationship with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman?" DeSantis' campaign received its donation from Global Energy Producers a day after the former congressman was endorsed in the gubernatorial contest by Trump.