If these charges seem familiar it is because they certainly remind me of General Flynn and the attempt to extradite (or kidnap and render) the cleric Gulen to Turkey.
These charges have been brought in federal court in Hawaii and involve Broidy and Bannon's best new yacht owning Chinese friend Guo Wengui.
"Hawaii federal prosecutors charged Nickie Lum Davis with failing to inform the Justice Department that she had been hired by a Malaysian financier with extensive interests in China and who was involved in the billion-dollar 1MDB scandal."
"But in the criminal information, filed August 17 in Hawaii federal district court, prosecutors allege that Davis and a top GOP fundraiser worked together on a complicated scheme to convince high-ranking members of the Trump administration to remove the Chinese dissident from the U.S."
"Court papers do not identify either the GOP fundraiser or the dissident, though the Wall Street Journal reported that they are former Trump Victory Committee Vice Chairman Eliott Broidy and exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui."
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"Prosecutors did say that the effort to extradite Guo culminated in a call with Broidy, President Trump, and an unnamed person aboard that unnamed person’s yacht."
It does not always happen this way but frequently when the feds file a "criminal information" rather than seeking an indictment that is because the defendant has reached an agreement to cut a deal.
Stay tuned because it is possible that Davis has agreed to a plea and to testify against Broidy or others. This would not be the first time Broidy was involved in seeking millions of dollars for influence. His home was raided pursuant to a search warrant last year and at the time it was assumed that was in connection with Broidy's involvement in funding the inauguration of dt and foreign influence and involvement.
Of course it is also possible that Broidy was caught last year and he has cut a deal to testify. Many here will remember that Broidy has previously been convicted of offenses but that never stopped the RNC or dt from associating with him.
It had also been reported that dt refused to move on the extradition of Wengui when he found out he was a member at one of dt's club.
TPM article and charges
