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Another FARA Guilty Plea For DOJ's Enforcement Push

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The once-obscure Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is back in the spotlight this week. On Tuesday, Elliott Broidy, a former deputy finance ...

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The once-obscure Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is back in the spotlight this week. On Tuesday, Elliott Broidy, a former deputy finance chairman for the Republican National Committee and former fundraiser for President Trump, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate FARA by failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. Coming on the heels of the Justice Department's latest FARA enforcement push, the case reminds anyone whose business touches on foreign interests how important it is to develop a working understanding of this notoriously convoluted statute.

Broidy's guilty plea relates to his work on behalf of Malaysian and Chinese interests. According to Broidy's admissions of fact, in 2017 and 2018, Broidy agreed to lobby Trump, the Attorney General, and other high-level US government officials to drop civil forfeiture proceedings and related matters concerning the embezzlement of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the

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