The Walls Are Closing in on Disgraced Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy
WASHINGTON — The saga of Elliott Broidy, the disgraced Republican donor, investor, and defense contractor, has taken yet another twist.
The Associated Press broke the news Monday that a federal grand jury in New York is probing whether Broidy used his role as a vice chair of President Trump’s inauguration committee to generate business for his companies, including a private defense firm. According to the AP, a subpoena issued in April by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn “seeks records relating to 20 individuals and businesses” with “connections to Broidy, his investment and defense contracting firms, and foreign officials he pursued deals with.”
The subpoena reportedly focused on dealings between Broidy and his businesses and officials from at least two foreign countries, Angola and Romania.
As Rolling Stone reported earlier this year, Broidy’s story is a case study in the swampy creatures around Trump and his administration who saw the 45th president’s election as the business opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to use their proximity to power for their own ends.
Broidy’s lawyers have denied that Broidy used his position in Trump’s orbit to enrich himself or benefit his businesses.
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