“A senior Chinese govt official enlisted the help of (Elliott Broidy), a top fundraising official at the RNC, to lobby the Trump admin in 2017 to return a Chinese businessman living in the U.S. who has long been sought by Beijing...”
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“It also said Broidy sought the help of then-AG Jeff Sessions, with a memo including content drafted by Mr. Sun, touting an “opportunity for significantly increased” law-enforcement cooperation between the U.S. and China if the U.S. deported Mr. Guo...”
The meeting in Shenzhen was orchestrated by Jho Low.
“Over the two weeks before it, Low paid Broidy $4 million after Broidy had also agreed to help Low in a separate DOJ investigation Low faced...”
“...(the) case portrays an unusual arrangement where the alleged mastermind of 1 of the largest financial scandals ever investigated by the DOJ engaged a top U.S. donor to work behind the scenes in a bid to deport one of China’s most sought-after fugitives.”
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