Ex-Trump fundraiser pleads guilty to illegal lobbying to stop 1MDB probe


A former fundraiser for Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in a US court to a charge that he illegally lobbied the president to drop an investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 21, 2020.

A FORMER fundraiser for Donald Trump pleaded guilty yesterday in a US court to a charge that he illegally lobbied the president to drop an investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal, Reuters reported today.

Elliot Broidy pleaded guilty to the charge that he conspired to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. He agreed to forfeit US$6.6 million  (RM27.4 million) and could be sent to jail for up to five years.


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