So it seems that the Trump administration has received another October surprise as yet another member of his campaign team from 2016 has been charged. Elliot Broidy, who is the former deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee is likely set to plead guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent by lobbying the Trump administration to drop an investigation into a Malaysian embezzlement scheme according to a court filing.
Bloomberg reports:
Broidy participated in a scheme to illegally lobby the Trump administration to stop investigating the embezzlement scandal at the 1MDB Malaysian state investment fund, according to charging documents unsealed on Wednesday.
Jho Low, a Malaysian fugitive who was charged as the mastermind of the 1MDB fraud, initially paid Broidy $6 million to lobby the U.S. Justice Department to stop its investigation and promised an additional $75 million if the lobbying succeeded, the filing said. Broidy is accused of conspiring to serve as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal.
Broidy was charged in a document known as a criminal information, which often precedes a guilty plea and a defendant’s cooperation with prosecutors. A spokesman for Broidy declined to comment.”
Broidy is part of a long and ever-growing list of Trump campaign associates that face criminal charges — a list that includes the former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, chief executive Steve Bannon, deputy chairman Rick Gates, adviser Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, and everyone’s favorite super villain cosplayer Roger Stone.
Trump’s campaign is currently going through one tumultuous event after another and they seem to be growing more desperate with each closing day as we near the election.
Stay up-to-date with the latest news!
Subscribe and start recieving our daily emails.
Featured image via screen capture
