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.Manaford and a billionaire, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., set up a super-PAC that allegedly began to immediately violate campaign finance laws on staffing and coordination with political campaigns. Linda Mahon (twice failed CT senatorial candidate) gave the PAC $6 million and, in a sheer coincidence, Trump appointed her to run the SBA.
Meanwhile, there was a meeting in 2015 to discuss using the National Enquirer to buy and kill stories unfriendly to Trump as a way to help his campaign. That practice was, basically, paying hush honey to benefit a political candidate (Trump). Such payments are not "private transactions", as Trump claims, but are disguised (and threfore illegal) campaign contributions.
Three people were at the meeting: Trump, Michael Cohen, and David Pecker. Pecker is the chairman of American Media Inc., which owns the Inquirer.
The bad news for Trump: Both Pecker and Cohen have flipped.
This just keeps getting better and better.
Not Packer, Pecker. How could anyone forget that...;-)
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