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Ex-Mistress Accuses Broidy of Physical and Sexual Abuse

September 8, 2018 at 10:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Shera Bechard, a former Playboy Playmate who had a four-year affair with former RNC Deputy Chairman Elliott Broidy, says he subjected her to physical and sexual abuse and that he exposed her to herpes,” the HuffPost reports.

“These allegations are in a complaint that remains sealed under court order in a lawsuit filed by Bechard contending that Broidy ceased making payments on a $1.6 million hush money agreement. The complaint contains significant allegations about Broidy’s sexual and medical history and his relationship with President Trump.”

“Bechard says that Broidy called the president ‘an idiot, who could not even pronounce the names of countries correctly’ but that Broidy ‘admired Mr. Trump’s uncanny ability to sexually abuse women and get away with it.’”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Elliott Broidy

GOP Fundraiser Broidy Under Investigation

August 17, 2018 at 6:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering to deliver U.S. government actions for foreign officials in exchange for tens of millions of dollars” the Washington Post reports.

“As part of the investigation, prosecutors are scrutinizing a plan that Broidy allegedly developed to try to persuade the Trump government to extradite a Chinese dissident back to his home country, a move sought by Chinese President Xi Jinping.”

“They are also investigating claims that Broidy sought $75 million from a Malaysian business official if the Justice Department ended its investigation of a development fund run by the Malaysian government.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Elliott Broidy

Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments

July 2, 2018 at 7:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A top Republican fundraiser will stop making payments to a former mistress who signed a hush-money agreement that was negotiated last year by Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime lawyer,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles venture capitalist and former RNC official, agreed to pay former Playboy centerfold Shera Bechard $1.6 million—in eight installments, beginning late last year—to keep quiet about her affair with the married donor… Now Mr. Broidy, who worked on the RNC with Mr. Cohen, will withhold the third installment of $200,000 that was due Sunday, in response to an alleged breach of the nondisclosure agreement, according to Chris Clark, a lawyer for Mr. Broidy.”

Filed Under: Republicans Tagged With: Elliott Broidy


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More Evidence Broidy Was Covering for Trump?

May 22, 2018 at 3:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Paul Campos says the AP report detailing the influence peddling of GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy and business partner George Nader “only strengthens the evidence” that Broidy paid hush money to a Playboy model on behalf of President Trump.

“Trump, I pointed out, is exactly the kind of man who has affairs with women like Shera Bechard, while Broidy has a history of bribing public officials to further his business interests — indeed, he had even made payments to the mistress of a politician he was bribing. And it was clear Broidy had spent much of 2017 touting his connections to Trump to various foreign officials.”

“The first payment from Broidy came two days before the meeting that apparently helped him ink a nine-figure deal with a foreign country — a deal based in no small part on his access to, and influence on, Trump. If it’s difficult to imagine Broidy being willing to take the fall for Trump’s affair with Bechard and then paying her a seven-figure sum, it’s much simpler to imagine it simply as a perfectly timed and fantastically profitable bribe.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Elliott Broidy, Shera Bechard

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