What foreigner gave money to Trump's campaign, certainly not Putin who gave the Clintons millions before the 2016 election.
TRUMP INAUGURATION TOOK FOREIGN MONEY
Republican Consultant Arranged A Straw Purchaser For Ukrainian Oligarch
Republican Consultant Sam Patten Admitted, As Part Of A Guilty Plea, To Arranging A Straw Purchaser For A Ukrainian Oligarch To Donate $50,000 For Tickets To Trump’s Inauguration. According to Reuters, “A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Republican political consultant Samuel Patten to 36 months of probation, 500 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine in a case spun out of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Patten, 47, pleaded guilty in August to communicating with U.S. lawmakers and news media organizations on behalf of a Russia-aligned political party in Ukraine called the Opposition Bloc without disclosing that work to the Justice Department, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), among other offenses. Patten is a former business partner of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian national indicted by Mueller and accused of having ties to Russian intelligence. In Patten’s guilty plea he also admitted to arranging for a U.S. citizen to act as a straw purchaser to pay $50,000 for four tickets to the inauguration of Republican President Donald Trump on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch, who reimbursed Patten through a Cypriot account.” [Reuters,
4/12/19]
Federal Investigators Probed Whether Foreign Actors Funneled Contributions To Trump Inauguration And Super PAC
Federal Investigators Examined Whether People From Qatar, Saudi Arabia, And The UAE Funneled Funds To The Trump Inaugural Committee And A Trump Super PAC, Rebuilding America Now. According to the New York Times, “Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to President Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy, according to people familiar with the inquiry. The inquiry focuses on whether people from Middle Eastern nations — including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — used straw donors to disguise their donations to the two funds. Federal law prohibits foreign contributions to federal campaigns, political action committees and inaugural funds. […] The super PAC, Rebuilding America Now, was formed in the summer of 2016 when Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign was short of cash and out of favor with many major Republican donors. While Mr. Trump insisted that he could finance his own campaign, he refused to dig too deeply into his own pockets.” [New York Times,
12/13/18]
2018: LEV PARNAS AND IGOR FRUMAN LAUNDERED $325,000 FROM A RUSSIAN NATIONAL TO TRUMP’S PAC
Lev Parnas And Igor Fruman, Associates Of Rudy Giuliani, Were Convicted Of Acting As Straw Men For A Foreign Donor. According to the Dallas Morning News, “Two Soviet-born associates of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were convicted of violating campaign finance law by acting as straw men for a foreign donor.” [Dallas Morning News,
3/14/22]
- Parnas And Fruman Were Involved In Giuliani’s Attempts To Get Ukraine To Investigate Hunter Biden. According to the Dallas Morning News, “Two Soviet-born associates of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were convicted of violating campaign finance law by acting as straw men for a foreign donor. Both were involved in Giuliani’s unsuccessful efforts to get Ukrainian officials to investigate President Joe Biden’s son during the 2020 campaign.” [Dallas Morning News, 3/14/22]
2020: Andrey Muraviev Was Charged In A Conspiracy To Funnel Foreign Money To Trump’s PAC. According to the Dallas Morning News, “A Russian tycoon who federal authorities say funneled illegal foreign donations to a Texas congressman and Donald Trump’s political action committee was secretly charged with conspiracy, the Justice Department revealed Monday. The September 2020 indictment of oligarch Andrey Muraviev had remained secret until now, though prosecutors had previously identified him as the true source of $5,400 donated to Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Waco, and other illegal donations.” [Dallas Morning News,
3/14/22]
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4/8/22]