A prominent fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party has been charged with leading a “back-channel” effort to lobby the White House on behalf of a fugitive Malaysian businessman.Elliott Broidy was charged in the felony fraud case this week, two years after he stepped down as a deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and admitted he paid $1.6 million to a Playboy model who became pregnant during an affair.In charging documents unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors alleged Broidy met with accused Malaysian money laundering mastermind Jho Low in Thaila…
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