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Justice Dept investigating GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy for alleged efforts to sell govt influence - including a plan to persuade the Trump government to extradite a Chinese dissident home & $75 mil plan to get DOJ to drop investigation of Malaysia's 1MDB
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The Justice Dept has an integrity section! "In recent weeks, prosecutors with the Justice Department’s public integrity section—which examines possible political and government corruption—have sought documents related to Broidy’s business dealings"
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As part of their efforts, prosecutors have subpoenaed casino magnate Steve Wynn, the former RNC finance chairman and longtime Trump friend, for copies of records and communications related to Broidy.
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Reminder that Steve Wynn was the RNC Finance Chairman and Elliott Broidy and Michael Cohen were National Deputy Finance Chairmen
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In April Elliott Broidy resigned from the RNC after report he paid a former Playboy model $1.6 million in exchange for her silence about a sexual affair. Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen — another RNC fundraiser — helped arrange the settlement
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NYT reported Broidy explored ways to force Chinese exile Guo Wengui to leave the US. Guo fled China in 2014 as he was facing arrest for charges including corruption. Broidy drafted a plan to enlist Emirati officials to pressure the US to turn over Guo
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Broidy’s alleged efforts to push for Guo’s extradition came after Steve Wynn separately helped deliver a message from the Xi government seeking to have the dissident returned to China.
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April 2018 NYT story on Elliott Broidy's efforts to influence the WH on behalf of Malaysian, Chinese and Emirates government officials and allies
nytimes.com/2018/04/19/wor…
This is an exhaustive thread on the many many scandals Elliott Broidy has been involved with from @USseriously
One other odd story, Elliott Broidy lawsuit with GOP fundraiser Yuri Vanetik - who also happens to be a close associate of Russia's favorite congressman Dana Rohrabacher
one more to add on - with Manafort jury in the midst of deliberations on evidence that is in large from Rick Gates - Elliott Broidy was a client of Rick Gates and paid him at least $125,000 for advice on navigating the WH admin
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Both Paul Manafort & Rick Gates gave data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the spring 2016 - some data was developed by a private polling firm working for the campaign - Manafort asked Gates to tell Kilimnik to pass the data to Oleg Deripaska, HT @painter_nancy nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/…
Manafort and Gates passed polling data to Kilimnik to be sent to Putin ally Oleg Deripaska

Kilimnik also worked with Sam Patten who consulted for Cambridge Analytica

One of the services provided by Cambridge Analytica was polling
While the identity of the polling company is not known, here's how Cambridge Analytica described their work for the Trump campaign:

"The research team had a huge responsibility in organizing campaigns and polling voters in 17 states across the country."
ca-political.com/casestudies
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Manafort may have shared US campaign polling data w/Kilimnik

Manafort filing is not properly redacted & one section mentions:

"the Government’s allegation that Mr. Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign."
Kilimnik not only worked with Manafort, he also formed a company in 2015 with Sam Patten, who was a contractor for Cambridge Analytica

There's no evidence Kilimnik worked with Cambridge Analytica, but why would Kilimnik review US election polling data?...
Another redacted section of the filing notes "Manafort “conceded” that he discussed or may have discussed a Ukraine peace plan with Mr. Kilimnik on more than one occasion"
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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No news yet, but we may soon learn more about the mystery Mueller case...
The Supreme Court ruled against the mystery company fighting subpoena in Mueller investigation that is identified as a foreign financial institution
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Elliott Broidy — top @GOP fundraiser & convicted felon — is under CRIMINAL investigation for allegedly trying sell his influence w/the Trump administration to *foreign* officials for TENS OF MILLIONS of dollars‼️1/

#Corruption
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NEW from @washingtonpost: GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say. washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-f…
.@washingtonpost: The DOJ is reportedly investigating whether Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering to deliver U.S. government actions for foreign officials in exchange for tens of millions of dollars. washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-f…
👀 Broidy allegedly developed a plan to try to persuade the Trump government to extradite a Chinese dissident back to his home country, a move sought by Chinese President Xi Jinping, two sources tell @washingtonpost. washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-f…
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