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(67,828 posts)Betcha!
Nevilledog
(51,219 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)His wife too-- tried to get big bucks to influence Trump admin to drop the investigation.
1MDB: Trump ally Elliot Broidy tries to get $75 million to end ...
hvn_nbr_2
(6,490 posts)lostnfound
(16,192 posts)Bannon was on Guo Wenguis yacht this summer. Wonder how the prosecution of these people is benefitting Trump? Because I seriously doubt that this is happening without Bill Barrs blessing.
Broidy is under scrutiny for his alleged role in a campaign to persuade high-level Trump administration officials to drop an investigation of Malaysian government corruption, as well as for his attempt to push for the extradition of an outspoken Chinese dissident back to his home country, according to the people, who, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation.
He has been in discussions with the Justice Department and could ultimately reach a plea deal, they said.
The case has intensified in recent weeks, with prosecutors securing a guilty plea Monday from one of Broidys business associates, Nickie Mali Lum Davis, who admitted to taking part in what prosecutors have described in charging documents as a back-channel lobbying campaign to end the Malaysian corruption investigation and to return Chinese exile Guo Wengui to his home country.
Guo is a vocal online critic of the Chinese government who was once allied with that countrys government elite but is now wanted by authorities in Beijing on charges of fraud, blackmail and bribery. He has denied those charges and said they are politically motivated.