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Source: Miami Herald
BY JAY WEAVER, SARAH BLASKEY, CAITLIN OSTROFF, AND NICHOLAS NEHAMAS
MAY 29, 2019 06:45 PM
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., this week sent subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trumps private club in Palm Beach, and Trump Victory, a political fundraising committee, demanding they turn over all records relating to Republican Party donor Li Cindy Yang and several of her associates and companies, the Miami Herald has learned.
Yang, a South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur, is the target of a public corruption investigation seeking to determine if she funneled money from China to the presidents re-election campaign or otherwise violated campaign-finance laws. She became a GOP donor in the 2016 election cycle and opened a consulting company that promised Chinese businesspeople the chance to attend events at Mar-a-Lago and gain access to Trump and his inner circle. Some of those events were campaign fundraisers that required guests to buy tickets for entry, payments that are considered political contributions. Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating to U.S. political campaigns.
Investigators are seeking evidence from Mar-a-Lago and Trump Victory as they build a potential case against Yang and possibly others close to her. The presidents club and the fundraising committee are not the targets of the investigation. The subpoenas cover records from January 2017 to the present. A spokeswoman for Yang did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
One subpoena, issued by a federal grand jury in West Palm Beach, compels Mar-a-Lago to turn over all documents, records and communications relating to Yang, as well as 11 other people, one charity and seven companies affiliated with her, according to a person familiar with the investigation who asked for anonymity to discuss an ongoing probe. The people named in that subpoena include Yangs family members, former employees at her massage parlors and several donors to Trump Victory. Prosecutors were trying to serve the subpoena to Mar-a-Lago through a South Florida law firm, the source said.
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iluvtennis
(19,874 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Mueller referred them to the FBI, so they continue.
Of course it makes sense that other countries besides Russia gave $$ to the campaign. That's the way he is used to getting money from all over the globe, in building those hotel/golf course projects with other people's money.
iluvtennis
(19,874 posts)GreydeeThos
(958 posts)That is why it is so important that Jerry Nadler, Elijah Cummings, and Adam Schiff obtain Trump's tax returns and financial records.
Everybody knew that Al Capone was a gangster, but he went to jail for tax evasion. Trump will be shown for the criminal that he is through his financial dealings.
iluvtennis
(19,874 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)they will impeach him..
PSPS
(13,614 posts)Geesh. It's like you can't take a single step anywhere around trump without tripping over a hooker.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)sleazy people get visas? I married an American serviceman in 1957. Before he could get permission to marry me, a British citizen, he had to have the money in the bank to pay my fare to the USA. Then I was sent a questionnaire, asking about my background, including if I had ever had a venereal disease, been arrested for prostitution!! I went to the base hospital for a blood test. My family was investigated. Three months later, permission was granted. We married. Later I had to apply for a visa. Same rules, including being told that if I had EVER had TB, I would be denied and a visa would NEVER be issued to me. By this time, we had a daughter who was given dual citizenship, but maybe I would not be allowed into the US. Now here comes this Yang "lady" who runs prostitution parlors. Why is she allowed to stay in the country, breaking laws? Money really does talk in the US of A. It appears that Russian and Chinese money speaks the loudest in the present administration. Just amazing how times have changed.