Political consultant steered illegal foreign donation to inauguration
By Spencer S. Hsu and
Rosalind S. Helderman
August 31 at 2:02 PM
... W. Samuel Patten, 47, was charged with one count of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act for failing to register with the Justice Department when he represented a Ukrainian political party known as the Opposition Bloc from 2014 through this year.
Patten pleaded to the count before Judge Amy Berman Jackson in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
“I would like to plead guilty,” Patten told Jackson during a hearing.
Patten also agreed he had steered an illegal foreign donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration, telling prosecutors that he arranged for an American citizen to act as a “straw donor” to give $50,000 to Trump’s inauguration in place of a Ukrainian businessman who was legally barred from contributing to the event ...
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