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triron

(22,003 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2018, 10:58 PM Jul 2018

Former Malaysian Prime Minister charged with corruption.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/asia/razak-malaysia-arrest-intl/index.html

Isn't Elliot Broidy linked to this guy?

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister charged with corruption. (Original Post) triron Jul 2018 OP

Broidy's connection here: triron Jul 2018 #1

From the Daily News: triron Jul 2018 #2

knr triron Jul 2018 #3

Wall Street Journal covers the connections to a lot of other people / institutions lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #4

triron

(22,003 posts)

1. Broidy's connection here:

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 11:03 PM

Jul 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-ally-was-in-talks-to-earn-millions-in-effort-to-end-1mdb-probe-in-u-s-1519919321

triron

(22,003 posts)

2. From the Daily News:

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 11:15 PM

Jul 2018

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-fundraiser-talks-doj-investigation-75m-article-1.3852363

Why did Trump call the former Malaysian PM his "favorite PM"?

triron

(22,003 posts)

3. knr

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:49 AM

Jul 2018

lapfog_1

(29,204 posts)

4. Wall Street Journal covers the connections to a lot of other people / institutions

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 02:16 AM

Jul 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/najib-razak-malaysias-fallen-leader-is-arrested-in-1mdb-corruption-scandal-1530610133

And Broidy offered to "somehow stop the US Justice Department" from investigating these connections for a mere $75M fee.

Since the Prime Minister and his wife stole something like $4.5B from the fund... I guess Broidy thought that $75M for this service would be OK... my guess is that Broidy was only going to get a small fraction of this amount... and you know who (someone that could actually stop a DOJ investigation) would make off with the balance while helping his "good friend" the Prime Minister.

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