Trump ex-fundraiser Elliot Broidy pleads guilty in 1MDB foreign lobbying case

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   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.

   Independent contemporaneous report on the plea, Trump and inaugural finance roles, and admitted lobbying targets

   Broidy admitted a $9 million foreign lobbying campaign aimed at Trump administration action · Guilty plea followed by Trump pardon