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Broidy admitted a $9 million foreign lobbying campaign aimed at Trump administration action

Date
2020-10-20
Entry type
foreign-lobbying-plea
Current status
Guilty plea followed by Trump pardon
Last reviewed
2026-09-03

The amount is recorded as compensation to Broidy, not as a Trump benefit or a successful policy purchase.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. TrumpPardoned lobbyist whose paid campaign targeted Trump officialsElliott Broidy

Money trail

  1. paymentPayment to Broidy$9 million
    Paid by / source
    Jho Low
    Received by
    Elliott Broidy
    realized · 2020-10-20 · observedPopulation Payment from Jho Low for the admitted lobbying effort described by DOJPeriod 2017-03-01 to 2018-01-31Basis Exact payment amount admitted in the plea; period bounded to DOJ's March 2017 through January 2018 scheme window.Limits DOJ did not publish exact payment dates in this summary, and the amount is compensation to Broidy—not a payment to Trump or proof that the campaigns succeeded.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. factconvicted

    Before Trump pardoned him, Elliott Broidy pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate FARA and admitted that Jho Low paid him $9 million to lobby Trump, the attorney general, and other senior officials over 1MDB forfeiture matters and a Chinese dissident; DOJ said both campaigns failed and that Broidy concealed the payments and expected success fees from the officials he contacted.