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October 9, 2020

Former Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy Charged with Acting as Foreign Agent
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Longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy has been charged with
conspiring to serve as a foreign agent for lobbying the Trump
administration on behalf of the Malaysian and Chinese governments.
Broidy is accused of accepting $6 million in bribes to end a U.S.
investigation into a billion-dollar embezzlement of a Malaysian state
investment fund, while separately seeking the return of a Chinese exile
to his home country. Broidy was a major fundraiser for Trump's 2016
campaign.


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