10/23/2019

CORRUPTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/LOBBYING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A venture capitalist who donated $900,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee is admitting to several charges, including hiding his work as foreign agent while lobbying U.S. government officials and making illegal campaign contributions, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday [10-22-19].  Imaad Shah Zuberi, who ran a venture capital firm called Avenue Ventures, solicited money from foreign nationals, funneled some of that money to American political campaigns, falsified records in order to conceal his work as a foreign agent from the Justice Department, and failed to report millions of dollars in income he earned from a foreign government, prosecutors say. Zuberi, 49, of California, will plead guilty to submitting false statements to the Justice Department about his foreign lobbying efforts, tax evasion and campaign finance violation. He faces up to 15 years in prison.” 

Kristine Phillips, “Donor who gave $900,000 to Trump’s inaugural committee to plead guilty to foreign lobbying, other charges,” October 23, 2019 11:36 am