...Trump Inaugural Committee Donor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Multiple Federal Crimes

[babylonsister]

‘Pilfered from His Clients’: Trump Inaugural Committee Donor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Multiple Federal Crimes
by Colin Kalmbacher | 6:39 pm, October 22nd, 2019


A mega-donor to President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Committee agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to various federal crimes, including tax evasion and making nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 49-year-old California resident Imaad Shah Zuberi also falsified “records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S. government officials.”

“Zuberi engaged in lobbying efforts that earned him millions of dollars, most of which was pilfered from his clients,” the DOJ’s press release says. “Zuberi has agreed to plead guilty to those charges at a later date, pursuant to a plea agreement.”

Under the terms of that 66-page plea agreement, Zuberi will plead guilty to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) as well as the above-mentioned tax and campaign finance charges in exchange for prosecutors agreeing not to charge him with mail or wire fraud, failure to tell federal authorities about his foreign bank accounts, money laundering, or obstruction of justice.

Zuberi has also agreed to pay back taxes and to put himself into compliance with FARA obligations. Prosecutors will also decline to prosecute Zuberi’s wife over potential tax and fraud issues.

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[RandySF]

1. How much money is enough?

There are already plenty of legal ways to scam people out of $$$.

[dem4decades]

2. Barr better stop this shit before it gets out of control.

Can he fire all the prosecutors that still believe they owe allegiance to the Constitution?

[bluestarone]

3. ALL pardonable?

Makes me wonder about the meetings the whole fucking bunch had before 2016. ANY federal crime they could get away with?