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Federal Agents Raided Offices of a Former RNC Finance Official Who’s a Top Trump Fundraiser
ProPublica is out with another bombshell report: Federal agents last summer raided the offices of Elliott Broidy. Broidy is the now-former Republican National Committee Deputy Finance Chairman whose name became national news when it was revealed Michael Cohen had allegedly arranged a $1.6 million hush money payoff and non-disclosure agreement to a Playboy Playmate over their supposed affair.
Broidy is also a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump.
ProPublica reports that federal agents were “seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates.”
“Agents were authorized to use the megadonor’s hands and face to unlock any phones that required fingerprint or facial scans.”
ProPublica adds that a “sealed warrant offers new details of federal authorities’ investigation of allegations that Broidy had attempted to cash in on his Trump White House connections in dealings with foreign officials. It also shows that the government took a more aggressive approach with the Trump ally than was previously known, entering his office and removing records — just as it did with Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.”
“The search warrant cites three potential crimes that authorities are investigating: conspiracy, money laundering and violations of the law barring covert lobbying on behalf of foreign officials. To obtain a search warrant, authorities have to convince a judge that there’s a probable cause they will find evidence of those specific crimes.”
Read the entire report here.
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