Here's a thread to break this doc down:
In January 2017, Patten solicited a U.S. citizen to serve as a straw purchaser in a transaction that would conceal the purchase of tickets to Trump’s inauguration by a foreign individual.
In January 2017, Patten solicited a U.S. citizen to serve as a straw purchaser in a transaction that would conceal the purchase of tickets to Trump’s inauguration by a foreign individual.
“Patten was aware at the time that the Presidential Inauguration Committee could not accept money from foreign nationals,” the filing states. “Patten had contacted an intermediary who sent [him] a communication in writing on behalf of the [inauguration committee]...
"...that it could not accept money from foreigners but foreigners could attend the event so long as they did not provide the funds.”
The straw purchaser paid $50,000 for the tickets one day after a foreign company, listed as “Company A” in the statement, received a check signed by Patten for the same sum.
“Foreigner B had paid company A for the tickets through a Cypriot account. Foreigners A and B, another Ukranian, and Patten were allocated the four inauguration tickets,” the filing states.
The offense statement also features details about Patten’s voluntary testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
In Jan., Patten “misled” the committee when he intentionally omitted documents from his testimony that “could lead to revelation of him causing and concealing the foreign purchase of the [inauguration committee] tickets."
His misleading testimony also concealed details about his representation of foreign individuals in the U.S., according to Assistant US Attorney Michael DiLorenzo.
