Convicted sex offender and Robert Mueller witness George Nader indicted for illegal contributions to boost @HillaryClinton washex.am/34MI1n5
Convicted sex offender George Nader, who was a key witness in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, has been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for his alleged role in a scheme to conceal large sums of illegal campaign contributions to help @HillaryClinton during the 2016 election.
Nader, a 60-yr-old lobbyist, is accused of conspiring with Ahmad “Andy” Khawaja, the 48-yep-old chief executive of Allied Wallet, to conceal the source of more than $3.5M in campaign contributions to political committees associated with a presidential candidate to gain influence.
Nader and Khawaja were charged on Nov. 7 as part of a 53-count indictment dealt by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia. The indictment was unsealed on Tuesday.
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Khawaja allegedly conspired with Nader to make $3.5 million in straw donations to boost a presidential candidate from March 2016 through January 2017.
No candidate is mentioned by name, but campaign finance records show the money was funneled to help Clinton during the 2016 election.
"Khawaja and Nader allegedly made these contributions in an effort to gain influence with hi-level political figures, including the candidate. As Khawaja and Nader arranged payments, Nader allegedly reported to an official from a foreign govt about his efforts to gain influence,"
The other charges in the indictment allege Khawaja and 5 associates (Roy Boulos, Rudy Dekermenjian, Mohammad “Moe” Diab, Rani El-Saadi, Stevan Hill and Thayne Whipple) conspired to conceal executive contributions totaling more than $1.8M, to various political committees 2016-2018
"Among other things, these contributions allegedly allowed Khawaja to host a private fundraiser for a presidential candidate in 2016 and a private fundraising dinner for an elected official in 2018," Benczkowski and Slater said.
Khawaja is also charged with obstructing the grand jury investigation in the summer by providing a witness called to testify in the case with false info about Nader and his connection to Khawaja’s company, while 4 of his associates are charged with obstruction by lying to the FBI
