Trump fundraiser charged over lobbying effort to probe into multibillion-dollar looting of Malaysian investment fund

Elliott Broidy, a prominent fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged in an illicit lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund. Elliott Broidy (file photo). Source: Associated Press Broidy is the latest person accused by the Justice Department of participating in the covert lobbying effort, which also sought to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the US. A consultant, Nickie Lum Davis, pleaded guilty...