Feds Charge Trump Donor Imaad Zuberi With Hiding Work as Foreign Agent

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Daily Beast

A Los Angeles financier who donated $900,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee has admitted to falsifying records to hide his work as a foreign agent while he lobbied prominent U.S. government officials, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Shah Zuberi, 49, also known as “Imaad Zuberi,” has agreed to plead guilty to three counts in a criminal information for allegedly making almost $1 million in illegal campaign contributions, engaging in various lobbying efforts, and evading taxes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California.

“Mr. Zuberi’s multi-faceted scheme allowed him to line his pockets by concealing the fact that he was representing foreign clients, obtaining access for clients by making a long series of illegal contributions, and skimming money paid by his clients,” United States Attorney Nick Hanna said in a press release Tuesday announcing the charges.

“Mr. Zuberi circumvented laws designed to insulate U.S. policy and our election process from foreign intervention.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/imaad-zuberi-who-donated-dollar900000-to-trumps-inaugural-committee-indicted-by-feds?via=twitter_page

[dewsgirl]

1. Good. I'm happy to see at least some of our government is still

efficient.

[yellowcanine]

2. Good, they are going after the inaugural committee money. That is where a lot of Russian Mob

money got sent, imo.

[Leghorn21]

7. Right on, canine!!

“Paging Tom Barrack, what’s up brah?”

“Paging Tom Barrack’s go-to inauguration deputy, RICK GATES”

D’OH, it’s RICK GATES, bringin in all them receipts, well well well

[Me.]

3. He Better Be Going To Jail

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Interesting is it not?

Whom did this sucker include in his donation list?

[LawnKorn]

5. Everyone in Trump's circle is a criminal.

The whole lot of them needs to be thrown in jail.

[DeminPennswoods]

6. There are sure are a lot of foreign agents and actors

in Trumpworld.

[doc03]

8. They need an investigation to see if

anyone connected with Trump isn't a forign agent.

[abqtommy]

9. What Feds are bringing charges? I thought all the Feds were under the control of AG Bill

Bolshevik Barr... asking for a friend.

[pnwmom]

10. And we'll probably never know if this case was begun by the Mueller team

and passed to other prosecutors before he closed his investigation.

[IronLionZion]

11. Trump puts money first, America last

funny how he just happens to always be mixed up with lots of foreign agents and criminals.

[redqueen]

12. "Drain the swamp"

Boy, he really suckered a lot of people.

[alp227]

13. This guy also donated to H. Clinton and Democrats

I wonder what's up with him. He sounds really slimy. From the LA Times:

In the lead-up to the 2016 election, Zuberi funneled more than $600,000 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to campaign finance records. It was the culmination of years of stalwart, high-level support for Democratic candidates, including President Obama, the records show.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Takes all kinds