GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say - The Washington Post
[{"sender": "Heberlig, Brian", "recipients": ["Weingarten, Reid", "Silverman, Nicholas"], "timestamp": "Friday, August 17, 2018 6:47 PM", "subject": "GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say - The Washington Post", "body": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-fundraiser-broidy-under-investigation-for-alleged-effort-to-sell-government-influence-people-familiar-with-probe-say/2018/08/17/c9e55792-a185-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.f7126cd4d51c\n\nGOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation\nfor alleged effort to sell government\ninfluence, people familiar with probe say\n\nCarol D. Leonnig\n\nThe Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott\nBroidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering to deliver U.S.\ngovernment actions for foreign officials in exchange for tens of millions of dollars,\naccording to three people familiar with the probe.\n\nAs part of the investigation, prosecutors are scrutinizing a plan that Broidy allegedly\ndeveloped to try to persuade the Trump government to extradite a Chinese dissident back to\nhis home country, a move sought by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to two of the\npeople.\n\nThey are also investigating claims that Broidy sought $75 million from a Malaysian business\nofficial if the Justice Department ended its investigation of a development fund run by the\nMalaysian government. The Malaysian probe has examined the role of the former prime\nminister in the embezzlement of billions of dollars from the fund."}, {"sender": "Weingarten, Reid [aweingarten@...]", "recipients": ["jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]"], "timestamp": "8/18/2018 4:51:06 PM", "subject": "Fw: GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say - The Washington Post", "body": "Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone."}]