Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! “What the heck is going on at the RNC?” CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked on Friday, in an on air interview with Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee. Tapper’s…
When news broke Friday that the president’s personal lawyer had paid a Playboy model $1.6 million to keep quiet about her claim that she had been impregnated by Trump supporter Elliott Broidy, it was the most recent headline about the Jewish philanthropist and the most colorful — but not by much. The world already knew…
Updated March 27 A prominent Republican fundraiser has sued the country of Qatar and a lobbyist for that country for allegedly hacking into his emails and distributing its contents to journalists. Elliott Broidy, a top donor to both the Trump election campaign and the Republican Jewish Coalition, alleged in his lawsuit that the Gulf kingdom…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A major Jewish Republican donor accepted $2.7 million from an adviser to the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump administration policy at a time of tension between the UAE and its neighbor Qatar, The New York Times reported. Elliott Broidy, the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and a member…
Officials from Qatar acquired what they said was evidence of illicit influence by the United Arab Emirates on Jared Kushner and other White House figures, but did not share it with special counsel Robert Mueller in order to maintain diplomatic ties, NBC News reported Monday. Qatar believes that secret meetings between Kushner and leaders from…
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election has reportedly expanded to look at the possible influence played during the campaign by the United Arab Emirates — and a Jewish top donor to the Trump campaign may be connected. The New York Times reported Saturday Mueller’s team is looking closely at…
A top donor to the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Trump presidential campaign may have sought to use his political ties to help get a Malaysian businessman out of a federal corruption investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. New York investor Elliot Broidy and his wife, Robin Rosenzweig, exchanged emails discussing a potential consulting…
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