{"id":2261,"date":"2018-02-08T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/08\/icymi-mcclatchy-gop-leans-on-rainmaker-who-courts-controversy-on-two-continents\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:48:00","slug":"icymi-mcclatchy-gop-leans-on-rainmaker-who-courts-controversy-on-two-continents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-mcclatchy-gop-leans-on-rainmaker-who-courts-controversy-on-two-continents\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: McClatchy: GOP leans on rainmaker who courts controversy on two continents"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEY QUOTES: “<\/strong>Broidy’s success, however, hasn’t followed a typical trajectory: In 2012, he was convicted in a New York “pay to play” pension<\/strong> scandal<\/strong> that cost him millions and forced him to the political sidelines. […]<\/p>\n

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“A McClatchy investigation shows that Broidy, who has re-emerged as a valuable deputy RNC finance chair, is linked to controversial figures, at home and abroad, with their own recent legal troubles.<\/p>\n

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“A small defense contractor Broidy owns opened an office last year in Romania just months after Broidy helped introduce a top Romanian politician facing corruption charges there to Trump<\/strong>. At home, the firm has seen a big spike in business since Trump took office – and after it lobbied the office of Vice President Mike Pence.”<\/p>\n

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McClatchy<\/a>: GOP leans on rainmaker who courts controversy on two continents<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By Ben Wieder and Peter Stone<\/p>\n

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February 7, 2018<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON – As a top fundraiser for the Republican Party under President Donald Trump, investment manager Elliott Broidy has had a seat at some of the most exclusive GOP money bashes at the Trump International Hotel and Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

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It might seem like a pinnacle moment in the career of a big-money harvester. Broidy’s success, however, hasn’t followed a typical trajectory: In 2012, he was convicted in a New York “pay to play” pension scandal that cost him millions and forced him to the political sidelines. `<\/p>\n

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It was a steep fall. The Los Angeles-based Broidy had earlier done a stint as finance chair of the Republican National Committee and had been a top fundraiser for GOP presidential candidates in 2004 and 2008.<\/p>\n

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It’s been an equally sharp rise back to the top echelons of Republican financing, too. In 2016, just four years after his conviction, Broidy, chairman of Broidy Capital Management, played a major role in providing key backing to several contenders for the nomination, then scored big donors for Trump in the fall campaign against Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

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But Broidy’s comeback isn’t an altogether feel-good story.<\/p>\n

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A McClatchy investigation shows that Broidy, who has re-emerged as a valuable deputy RNC finance chair, is linked to controversial figures, at home and abroad, with their own recent legal troubles.<\/p>\n

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A small defense contractor Broidy owns opened an office last year in Romania just months after Broidy helped introduce a top Romanian politician facing corruption charges there to Trump. At home, the firm has seen a big spike in business since Trump took office – and after it lobbied the office of Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

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And a few years before Trump took office, Broidy, a longtime board member of the hawkish Republican Jewish Coalition, headed up a national security-focused nonprofit group set up – and partially funded – by two movie producers who have been charged by federal prosecutors with defrauding investors of millions. Despite a showy debut, the nonprofit soon vanished from the scene, never filing required tax forms.<\/p>\n

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All of which raises a key question for Republicans planning to lean on him for funds in the 2018 and 2020 elections: Can Elliott Broidy be counted on to drum up dollars without also bringing controversy or embarrassment?<\/p>\n

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