Federal grand jury investigating former RNC finance chair and major Trump donor for inaugural violations

A federal grand jury is investigating whether former Republican National Committee finial official and top GOP donor Elliott Broidy violated federal law by using his position on Donald Trump’s inaugural committee to secure business deals with foreign leaders, according to the Associated Press.

The AP reports that the U.S> Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn sent a “wide-ranging subpoena” to Trump’s inaugural committee in search of financial records corresponding to 20 different people and business entities.  Every one of them has something in common: Broidy.  Federal investigators are examining whether Broider traded things like access to Trump in order to secure business contracts for his global security firm Circinus, thereby violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Broidy’s attorneys maintain that their client did nothing wrong.

The Brooklyn investigation into Broidy seems to be taking place alongside a separate probe in Manhattan examining whether foreign entities unlawfully contributed money to the record-setting $107 million inaugural fund.

View the complete July 8 article by Kerry Eleveld from Daily Kos on the AlterNet website here.