AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy
Source: Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trumps inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press and people familiar with the matter.
A wide-ranging subpoena the U.S. Attorneys Office in Brooklyn recently sent to Trumps inaugural committee seeks records relating to 20 individuals and businesses. All have connections to Broidy, his investment and defense contracting firms, and foreign officials he pursued deals with including the current president of Angola and two politicians in Romania.
Prosecutors appear to be investigating whether Broidy exploited his access to Trump for personal gain and violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to offer foreign officials anything of value to gain a business advantage. Things of value in this case could have been an invitation to the January 2017 inaugural events or access to Trump.
A statement released to the AP by Broidys attorneys said that at no point did Broidy or his global security firm Circinus have a contract or exchange of money with any Romanian government agency, proxy or agent. It also said that while Circinus did reach an agreement with Angola in 2016 there was no connection whatsoever to the inauguration or Broidys role on the inaugural committee.
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We will see.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)slightly better looking doppelganger of tRump.
watoos
(7,142 posts)phatkatt
(1,376 posts)nm
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Neither could be called "handsome" or even "passably good looking". Of the two I feel that Broidy is less repulsive by a tiny sliver.
Kali
(55,032 posts)you can't possibly be serious!