• Home
  • Mail
  • News
  • Finance
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Search
  • Mobile
  • More
Yahoo
    • Skip to Navigation
    • Skip to Main Content
    • Skip to Related Content
    • Mail
    Advertisement

    Clinton Donors Charged in Massive Campaign-Finance Scheme

    Zachary Evans
    ,
    National Review•December 4, 2019

    Eight people, including major Hillary Clinton donors and a witness in the Mueller investigation, have been charged in a massive campaign-finance scheme, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.

    The individuals conspired to “make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions” valued around $3.5 million in the 2016 election campaign and beyond, according to the announcement. Although the indictment does not specifically name the recipient of the donations, it is clear that the contributions went to groups allied with Clinton’s presidential campaign.

    One of those charged, George Nader, is a Lebanese American businessman who was a witness in the Mueller report. Nader was also caught in 2018 in possession of child pornography, but received partial immunity in exchange for testimony in the Mueller investigation. He faces between 15 to 40 years in prison if convicted on child-pornography charges.

    Also indicted on campaign-finance charges was Ahmad “Andy” Khawaja, who hosted a fundraiser for Clinton in Los Angeles in 2016 and who conspired to conceal campaign donations from 2016 to 2018. Khawaja owns an online-payments company used by, among others, debt collectors, offshore gamblers, and pornographers. The company has made numerous campaign donations to both Democrats and Republicans.

    Nader also gained access to the Trump administration, meeting with the president on several occasions. Nader has experience in international diplomacy, has served as a diplomatic conduit to the Middle East and Russia, and was an informal adviser to the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates.

    More from National Review

    • Dem Debate Moderators Fail to Ask a Question about China, Despite NBA Scandal

    • Omar, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Cortez Endorse Bernie Sanders for President

    • Bevin Refuses to Concede Kentucky Gubernatorial Race, Citing Voting ‘Irregularities’

    Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting.

    What to Read Next

    • 'Nothing happening': Third-party candidacies appear less a factor in 2020

      NBC News
    • Trump campaign's pitch to women voters: Let's get back to pre-pandemic 'normal'

      USA TODAY
    • The hunt for Michigan's lost Democrats: Can Biden lure them back?

      NBC News
    • ‘Forgotten’ Pennsylvania region holds key to Trump’s fate

      Politico
    • GoodFellas Forever

      National Review
    • A senior warning sign for Trump: 'Go Biden' cry at Villages

      Associated Press
    • Second presidential debate canceled after Trump refuses to hold it virtually

      Yahoo News
    • Borat Just Joined Twitter And Is Already Trolling The Wawaweewa Out Of Donald Trump

      HuffPost
    • Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's only great-granddaughter, 31, dies of breast cancer

      Yahoo Celebrity
    • Health officials in Virginia are warning about venomous caterpillars that look like toupées

      Yahoo Life
    • School Report Card: This week, sorority sisters are forced to quarantine in a basement and FSU president tests positive for COVID-19

      Yahoo Life
    • Wisconsin is battling the U.S.'s worst coronavirus outbreak, and its broken politics are partly to blame

      Yahoo News Video
    • Don't Get Caught Off Guard By These 3 Social Security Surprises

      Motley Fool
    • PHOTOS: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — A look back

      Yahoo News Photo Staff
    • 'It's already having a massive effect,' corporate America demands Trump rescind executive order on diversity

      USA TODAY
    • Trump yard sign rigged with razor blades left town worker needing 13 stitches

      NBC News
    • Simone Biles Just Wore the Bikini Trend Jennifer Lopez Also Loves

      Who What Wear
    • Coronavirus pushes Trump into a 'fiasco vortex' as events spin out of administration's control

      Yahoo News
    • 2nd presidential debate canceled after Trump rejects virtual format

      Yahoo News Video
    • Northern England mayors call for bigger financial support ahead of new COVID-19 rules

      Reuters
    • Eddie Van Halen endured a 'horrifying racist environment' before becoming a rock legend

      NBC News
    • Judge rejects Trump campaign request for access to Philadelphia voter offices

      USA TODAY
    • Trump Takes Sham 'Health Assessment' In Bizarre Fox News Appearance

      HuffPost
    • Crowd at Biden drive-in rally honks approval when he criticizes McConnell

      Yahoo News Video
    • Yahoo News Network
    • Help
    • Privacy (Updated)
    • Suggestions
    • About our Ads
    • Terms (Updated)
    • Sitemap